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Judge increases sentence for man who bruised son in spanking
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February 8, 2010


National Post, Feb 4 2010: A judge in New Brunswick has overturned a lower court’s decision to sentence a man to probation for spanking his son hard enough to bruise the boy. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Paulette Garnett, in a written decision issued on Monday, sentenced a Fredericton man to 45 days in jail for a May 2008 assault on his then-six-year-old son. [Read more here]