3. What is the difference between a'smar Aggravating Factors
In the Nova Scotia Supreme Court case of R v. MacKenzie, several aggravating factors existed, some of which played a role in determining a sentence for the offender. One of those was the nature of the relationship between Mackenzie and the alleged victim, Nicole Campbell. At the time of the stabbing, MacKenzie was in a domestic and abusive relationship with Campbell, who was his wife and mother to his three children at the time. Therefore, because MacKenzie was in a relationship with the victim and had abused his intimate partner, then one could consider that factor to be a factor in the longevity of MacKenzie’s sentence. Additionally, when police found Campbell’s lifeless body on the floor of her home in New Glasgow, which the offender had allegedly left after the incident, thus offering her no remorse, the police determined that she endured a high degree of force from the offender, as MacKenzie had stabbed Campbell several times around her face, hands, back, neck, side and extremities with a knife, which…show more content… MacKenzie, only one mitigating factor exists: how MacKenzie pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Because he pleaded guilty to the charges, the offender showed remorse for stabbing, injuring, and causing the death of his partner, Nicole Campbell, despite leaving her lifeless body on the floor of the basement during the time of the offense. Additionally, Mackenzie’s guilty plea also highlights how Mackenzie knew, beyond any doubt, that Mackenzie was the person who murdered his partner. Because of his guilty plea, MacKenzie may have thought that serving time in federal prison for a crime he committed would help benefit society, as there would not be any chance of an innocent person becoming wrongfully convicted for murdering Campbell if he had pleaded not guilty. Additionally, as the old saying goes, if you were the person who committed the crime, then you should be prepared to do the
