The country’s highest court will announce its decision next week in the case of Grand Mosque killer Alexandre Bissonnette.
The Supreme Court announced that it would issue its verdict on Friday, May 27, just over two months after hearing the case. (New window).
Alexandre Bissonnette was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years after killing 6 worshipers.
The nine justices of the Supreme Court must decide on the constitutionality of the provision of the Criminal Code that allows the addition of sentences in cases of multiple murders.
Bissonnette was initially sentenced to at least 40 years in prison, but the Quebec Court of Appeal declared the provision unconstitutional.
During a hearing on March 24, Chief Justice Richard Wagner let his opinion come out.
He said that could be consecutive sentences please the gallerybut composed Vaudeville when it is a question of imposing 150 years in prison on an individual.
Source: Radio-Canada
