Canadian court to consider when minors can be sentenced as adults

FILE PHOTO: General view of the Supreme Court of Canada building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's highest court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday on when a young person can be considered an adult for sentencing purposes.

The result may reshape how Canada sentences youth and could, a lawyer told Reuters, set an example for other western countries to follow.