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Jun 21, 2018 · QUEBEC — Insisting his son is “not a monster,” Alexandre Bissonnette’s father blamed bullying and mental health problems for the Quebec mosque massacre and lashed out at Crown prosecutors ...
Mar 28, 2018 · Manon Marchand and Raymond Bissonnette, left, the parents of Alexandre Bissonnette, leave the courtroom under escort after their son Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty for the 2017 mosque ...
Apr 26, 2019 · The father of the man who murdered six people as they prayed at a mosque in Quebec City two years ago has written an open letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau asking him to stop describing his ...
- Disappointment from Community
- Supreme Court Agreed with Court of Appeal Ruling
- Ruling Not A Reflection of 'Value of Each Human Life'
- Ruling Affects Harsher Sentences in Canada
During a news conference after the ruling was made public, the president of the Islamic Cultural Centre expressed disappointment with the top court's decision. "In our view, this decision fails to take into due consideration the atrocity and the scourge of the multiple murders which are multiplying in North America, as well as the hateful, Islamoph...
For years, the nature of Bissonnette's crimes raised questions about whether an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years — the standard in Canada — was a fitting punishment. A sentencing provision introduced in 2011 gave judges discretionary powers to hand out consecutive, 25-year blocks of parole ineligibility periods for mu...
The nine Supreme Court justices found that stacking consecutive blocks of parole ineligibility — leading to wait times of 50, 75 or even 100 years — violated Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects "the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment." They also found that this violation ...
By invalidating the sentencing provision that allowed judges to stack 25-year periods of parole ineligibility, Friday's decision means that any person in Canada who received a life sentence with no possibility of parole before 50 years or more "must be able to apply for a remedy." That would be the case for convicted killers such as Justin Bourque,...
Apr 26, 2019 · The father of the Quebec City mosque shooter is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others to stop referring to his son as a terrorist. In an open letter to Trudeau, Raymond Bissonnette says ...
Jan 31, 2018 · Bissonnette’s parents feel like they have lost a son in ‘inexplicable’ attack that killed six and wounded five others on Jan. 29, 2017. Jan. 31, 2018 1 min read
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Oct 19, 2019 · On Jan. 29, 2017, Bissonnette, who was 27 at the time, calmly walked into the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City and opened fire just before 8 p.m. A few minutes later, six worshippers were ...
