A Toronto mother, Cassandra Gordon, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for using her son to smuggle 3.5 kilograms of cocaine from Aruba into Canada. Justice David Harris emphasized the importance of rehabilitation in her case, given her status as a first offender and mother of two, while also condemning her actions as a significant aggravating factor. Although the Crown sought a seven-year sentence, the judge recommended early release to allow her to care for her children, despite rejecting her defense of duress.
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Psychosurgery is back. But these are not the ice-pick-through-the-eye-socket lobotomies of the past
Anya underwent a modern psychosurgery, magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound capsulotomy, to alleviate her severe OCD after conventional treatments failed. This minimally invasive technique uses high-intensity ultrasound to ablate targeted brain tissue, offering hope for those with debilitating mental disorders, despite ongoing ethical concerns and criticism regarding the oversimplification of complex mental health issues. Explain It To Me Like I'm 5: Anya underwent a modern psychosurgery procedure to alleviate her severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, which involved using...
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