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Originally Posted by fredr123
Dude had to sit through most of a day of people reading their victim impact statements. That, coupled with defence and the Crown both making their arguments today is quite a bit to digest. To think a sentence could be handed down from the bench or in a day or so is a tall order.
The sentencing decision will be written (natch) and pretty substantial. It will have to address all of the arguments raised by the defence and the Crown and incorporate into it relevant previous case law. The decision is going to have to be well-crafted because it's pretty likely the whole thing will be appealed. You and I would hate for the whole thing to be overturned because the higher court thought the trial judge missed something in his judgment.
A month to make a decision isn't THAT bad...
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It sounds a lot more involved than I figured it would be. I thought it would just be a matter of looking at what the law states is an acceptable punishment and then looking at the historical sentences combined with the particular brutality of the event to come up with a sentence.
So, the judge basically has to write a book to support his decision?