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Originally Posted by The Ditch
Are all sentences in Canada concurrent, why can't people like this get consecutive sentences for each person that they killed.
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Sentences are almost always concurrent. There are certain offences where if convicted you are supposed to get a sentence consecutive to other sentences imposed for crimes arising from the same incident (e.g., some gun offences). Otherwise, you only get a consecutive sentence if you are already serving prison time or are in jail because of a fine default.
Victims of Violence has some good info about sentencing in Canada:
http://www.victimsofviolence.on.ca/r...=361&Itemid=51