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Today is a sad day in canada
Alexandre Bissonette, a mass killer who killed 6 muslim in a mosque at Quebec city, was sentenced to life prison with a minimum of 40 years
It was fine... until today...
You see, Stephen Harper, former prime minister of canada, had voted a new law in 2011 that made multiple sentence have the possibility to be stacked
Usually, a first degree murder is sentenced with life prison with a minimum of 25 years automatically
The first time this law was applied was with Justin Bourke who killed three cops at Moncton in New Brunswick
He was sentenced to life prison with a minimum of 75 years
More recently, Alexandre Bissonette killed 6 muslims by unloading his rifle in a mosque
He could have been sentenced to a minimum of 150 years in prison, but the judge during his prosecution said it was way too much as he needed a chance of redemption
However, the judge also said that 25 years was not enough for such a hate crime
So he sentenced him to life prison with a minimum of 40 years
Today, supreme court voted that it was unconstitutional to sentence someone to more than a life prison with a minimum of 25 years because the goal of prison in canada, according to them, isn't to be punitive but to allow redemption.
Now, all mass killer in canada who had stacked sentence will have theirs lowered to a minimum of 25 years
Sad day in Canada...
Alexandre Bissonette, a mass killer who killed 6 muslim in a mosque at Quebec city, was sentenced to life prison with a minimum of 40 years
It was fine... until today...
You see, Stephen Harper, former prime minister of canada, had voted a new law in 2011 that made multiple sentence have the possibility to be stacked
Usually, a first degree murder is sentenced with life prison with a minimum of 25 years automatically
The first time this law was applied was with Justin Bourke who killed three cops at Moncton in New Brunswick
He was sentenced to life prison with a minimum of 75 years
More recently, Alexandre Bissonette killed 6 muslims by unloading his rifle in a mosque
He could have been sentenced to a minimum of 150 years in prison, but the judge during his prosecution said it was way too much as he needed a chance of redemption
However, the judge also said that 25 years was not enough for such a hate crime
So he sentenced him to life prison with a minimum of 40 years
Today, supreme court voted that it was unconstitutional to sentence someone to more than a life prison with a minimum of 25 years because the goal of prison in canada, according to them, isn't to be punitive but to allow redemption.
Now, all mass killer in canada who had stacked sentence will have theirs lowered to a minimum of 25 years
Sad day in Canada...