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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Pros and cons to it though.
Finding the bodies gives that much more evidence in building a solid case. It may barter for better terms, but I would think it increases the odds of a guilty verdict. And in reality how much better are the terms going to be? Moving it down to one 1st degree and two 2nd degree instead?
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Given Canada uses concurrent sentencing, as long as any Murder 1 charge is on the table, he's looking at 25 years before an option for parole. Pleading both charges down to second degree could reduce that to as little as 10 years - but that would be a major grenade for the Crown to juggle. The public backlash would be enormous if he got off lightly. Maybe they split the difference and agree to life with no parole for something like 18 years?
And, of course, this does presume that Garland is the guilty party and that the evidence makes this guilt pretty much unquestionable.