It does seem like parents are on a killing spree.
That said, the sentence of 6 1/2 years globally is within the range for this type of offence.
Still, very sad on many levels:
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YORKTON, Sask., — Kim Walker, the Saskatchewan father convicted of killing his daughter's boyfriend in 2003, will serve 18 more months in prison before being set free.
Walker was sentenced Wednesday in Yorkton's Court of Queen's Bench to eight years in prison.
Taking into consideration time served for his previous conviction in the case along with time in custody — Walker received credit for 6-1/2 years — that left 18 months on his sentence.
Walker, in a highly publicized trial, was found not guilty in May of second-degree murder but guilty of manslaughter for the 2003 killing of his daughter's boyfriend, James Hayward.
On St. Patrick's Day in 2003, Walker went to Hayward's Yorkton home armed with a semi-automatic pistol and 30 rounds of ammunition.
Walker, court heard, went to the home to retrieve his 16-year-old daughter Jadah, then a morphine addict living with Hayward, whom Walker believed was supplying her with the drugs. A member of the local pistol club with military training, Walker fired all 10 rounds in his clip, shooting an unarmed Hayward five times, including once in the back.
At his May trial, Walker told the jury he doesn't remember the shooting, but claimed he was afraid of Hayward and acted in self-defence — a memory loss the Crown called "too convenient."
The Crown was seeking an 11-year prison term, less the time Walker has already served, bringing it to about seven and a half years.
Because of the use of a firearm, the law mandates at least a four-year prison term.
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A 16 yr old addicted to morphine?!
Why do some wish to decriminalize this garbage?
Well, some might argue if it was decriminalized it would be easier to regulate and control?
Only a decade of Liberal justice and activist judges could have secured this man’s “alternative lifestyle”. You must be so proud of this drug dealer and our diverse mosaic.
James;
We regulate and control tobacco to the extreme and underage smoking is still at a depressing level. As much as half of all tobacco sold is illegal and the gov't can't stop it.(esp. the current crop in Ontario)
The same can be said for alcohol.
Decriminalizing street drugs would make it easier to distribute and harder to convict "dealers" I suspect.
est necessarium est licitum.
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