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May 27, 2022 · 2:01. In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court says the gunman who killed six people at a Quebec City mosque in 2017 must get a chance at parole after serving 25 years in prison, striking down a ...
After declaring the provision unconstitutional, the judge then applied the remedy of reading in and sentenced Bissonnette to 40 years in prison before applying for parole. [9] The Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA) unanimously held that section 745.51 of the Code violates sections 7 and 12 of the Charter and cannot be “demonstrably justified” under section 1 of the Charter . [10]
May 27, 2022 · The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a Criminal Code provision that meant multiple murderers might have to wait 50 years or more to apply for parole, calling it degrading and incompatible with human dignity. The unanimous high court decision came Friday in the case of Alexandre Bissonnette, allowing him to seek parole after serving 25 ...
Mar 23, 2022 · Declining to sentence in 25-year increments, he handed Mr. Bissonnette a penalty of life in prison with a 40-year wait for a parole hearing. On appeal, Quebec prosecutors sought a 50-year wait.
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Nov 26, 2020 · The man who killed six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 received a "cruel and unusual" punishment when he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 years, Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday.In a unanimous decision, the court reduced Alexandre Bissonnette's life sentence to 25 years without parole while at the same time invalidating sections of the Criminal ...
Mar 24, 2022 · Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder for his attack on worshippers at the Islamic Cultural Centre on Jan. 29, 2017.
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Nov 26, 2020 · Text: QUEBEC CITY -- The man who murdered six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 will be eligible to apply for parole in 25 years rather than 40, the province's highest court ruled Thursday as ...
