Families are watching helplessly as sentences of criminals convicted of first\u002Ddegree murder in multiple killings are automatically reduced
Since the Supreme Court court ruled last year the law passed by the Stephen Harper government in 2011 was unconstitutional, these families are watching helplessly as the sentences of these criminals convicted of first-degree murder in multiple killings are automatically reduced.
So has Justin Bourque, who had his 75-year sentence with no possibility of parole for gunning down three RCMP officers in Moncton in 2014 imposed by the court, reduced to 25 years with no possibility of parole.Article contentSo has Alek Minassian, who used his van as a weapon to kill 10 innocent people in Toronto by running them over in 2018 and who could have been, in theory, sentenced to 250 years without possibility of parole.
Defenders of the Supreme Court decision say it’s unlikely these killers will ever be granted parole after serving 25 years, which is an absurd argument because no one knows what will happen years from now.
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