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@张玉栋-q1h
Chinese should really think twice about coming to. Canada
A life sentence in Canada is 25 years, then you are eligible for parole
Obviously most of these murderers don’t get out after 25 years
But some have
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Supreme Court strikes down ‘degrading’ parole ineligibility law for mass murders
By Betsy Powell Courts Reporter
Fri., May 27, 2022
But in Friday’s much-anticipated ruling, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Section 745.51 of the Criminal Code violates section 12 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in a way that cannot be justified in a free and democratic society. Section 12 guarantees the right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.
“ What is at stake is our commitment, as a society, to respect human dignity and the inherent worth of every individual,” the decision states.
Striking down the law should not be seen as devaluing the lives of innocent victims, the court said.
“Everyone would agree that multiple murders are inherently despicable acts and are the most serious crimes, with consequences that last forever. This appeal is not about the value of each human life, but rather about the limits on the state’s power to punish offenders, which, in a society founded on the rule of law, must be exercised in a manner consistent with the Constitution.”
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FIRST READING: The heinous offenders Canada has freed in just the last three months
Despite assurances that Robert Pickton will never obtain parole, it's not entirely beyond the realm of possibility
This month, one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers officially became eligible to apply for day parole.
Published Feb 28, 2024 • Last updated Feb 28, 2024 • 8 minute read
It was 22 years ago that Robert Pickton was first arrested at his Port Coquitlam pig farm under suspicion of being personally responsible for scores of women disappearing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Convicted for the second-degree murder of six women, Pickton has confessed to killing as many as 49.
But under Canadian criminal law, there is zero mechanism to sentence an offender to life imprisonment. While Pickton was technically handed a “life” sentence, that just means his parole conditions never expire. Like any convicted murderer, he can apply for day parole just 22 years after his arrest, and full parole after 25 years.
On the day before Pickton’s parole eligibility, families of his victims gathered outside the farm where he had committed the murders. Speaking to the Canadian Press, they said lawyers had assured them that Pickton would never be paroled, but that they had few reasons to believe them. “I don’t trust the system. There’s always going to be that fear,” said Lorelei Williams, cousin of Pickton victim Tanya Holyk.
While Pickton may yet remain a special case, the Canadian justice system has indeed granted parole to any number of heinous criminals that the public assumed would never get out, including mass shooters, serial killers, cannibals, cop-killers and the murderers of children.
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