Two court hearings this week revived debate over a recent change in Canadian law for sentencing mass murderers and serial killers.
Source: Justice or Vengeance? How Canada Deals With Terrible Crimes
MURDER SENTENCES AND CONSECUTIVE PERIODS OF INELIGIBILITY OF PAROLE – A sentence of life imprisonment for first-degree murder is a life sentence. The convict is ineligible to APPLY for parole for 25 years. As in the McArthur case here, the court had to consider whether to make the periods of ineligibility for parole concurrent or consecutive. The judge has to consider, among many other things, the principle of faint hope, cruel and unusual punishment and the practicality of the result as well as the precedential value of the decision. It is, for sure, a controversial issue.
Bissonnette, who has already served two years in prison, will be eligible for parole when he is in his late 60s.
Source: Quebec mosque shooter Bissonnette sentenced to 40 years
SENIORS BINGO BRAWL – Ahhhh, those perky seniors. No charges laid!
OPP say several people at an long-term care facility became involved brawl at a bingo game.
WEARING BEDBUGS TO COURT – The extent some lawyers will go to, to get an adjournment for their client!
STOREOWNERS – PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ROBBERY WITH A BANANA…….BA.NA.NA.
PASSING OUT IN THE DRIVE-THRU. NOT COOL.
Pre-drinking before a flight can get expensive.
The pilot was forced to dump 20,000 pounds of fuel before landing.
Source: A drunk passenger forced a plane to land. It cost him $16,000.
LEFT LANE DRIVING – Seriously people, it’s a rule. It always has been. Some discipline in your driving, please. Pull over and let people pass. Don’t turn it into something personal.
You’re staggering.
OLDER vs. YOUNGER LAWYERS – WHICH IS BETTER? I generally agree with this young practitioner’s proposition that younger is more flexible than older however he lacks the understanding and perspective of a lifetime of experience managing change.
Veteran attorneys are usually more rigid in how they approach the practice of law, while younger attorneys typically embrace flexibility.
Source: Older Attorneys And Younger Lawyers Practice Law Very Differently