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Originally Posted by KevanGuy
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CITYBEAT - CITY OF CALGARY PRESS RELEASE
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At approximately 11:50 p.m. on Saturday, September 29, 2007,
the Calgary Police Service responded to a report of a
disturbance in the 200 block of Queen Alexandra Road S.E.
Upon arrival, the responding officers located a deceased
male.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has identified the
deceased as Matthew MCKAY, 17, of Calgary. The cause of death
was determined to be a chop wound to the head.
Police have charged one man in connection with this homicide.
Marko MILJEVIC, 19, of Calgary, has been charged with one
count of second degree murder.
MILJEVIC’s next appearance in Alberta Provincial Court is
Friday, October 5, 2007, at 9 a.m.
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Canada's definition of first degree murder is pretty pathetic. Something as heinous as cracking a pickaxe into someone's skull would be first degree murder (or maximum sentence in countries without "degrees") in the United States, Italy, Finland, Norway and the UK.... and that's just the ones I know of offhand. (First Degree primarily due to the gruesomeness of the murder)