The law would see that prosecutors must weigh several factors before charging someone if they shot an intruder
If a rural property owner shoots someone on their farm, prosecutors should have to consider the shooter’s proximity to police and whether they thought the intruder was on drugs before charging them, UCP Leader Jason Kenney said Wednesday.
“We need to let rural Albertans … know they do have the legal authority under the Criminal Code to use reasonable force in self-defence,” he said. It would also establish an electronic database to share evidence and forensic reports and strip criminals of government benefits until they pay court fines.
Kenney was part of that federal government. He was also the political minister for southern Alberta, which makes recommendations on judge appointments. It would also require the justice department to file an annual report detailing the number of crimes committed by people on bail, probation and under conditional sentences, and prosecutors to provide courts with offenders’ criminal records during bail hearings.
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