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Originally Posted by HOOT
I'm just trying to catch up on this but the killer got less than 2 years for each member of the family he killed? Yikes! No wonder people still drink and drive what is the threat if you are only going to get about a 1.5 years for each person you kill?
I also love how you get time served times two for pre-trial sentence. What a joke! I hope the Canadian justice system and the judge are embarrassed for this.
He will probably be out in like 3 years for good behavior and we wonder why things like this continue.
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Well, see the double credit for time served is not a travesty because you have to consider the flip side... What if an innocent person, who is subsequently acquitted, sits in jail for 1.25 years waiting for his trial? He can't get this time back. You are innocent until proven guilty, so it very much makes sense to be given double-credit for time served while "innocent".