The perpetrator of the Moncton shooting could seek release after 25 years

The lawyer who represented him during his sentencing, David Lutzintends to raise the issue with him.

On Friday, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that successive sentences were unconstitutional, rejecting the prosecution’s arguments in the case of Alexandre Bissonnette, the killer of the Quebec mosque.

In doing so, the land’s highest court is violating the provision of the Criminal Code passed by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper in 2011 allowing sentences to be added in the case of multiple murders.

the criminologist David Lutz is said to have spoken to his former client Justin Bourque twice since he was sentenced.

The perpetrator of the Moncton massacre received a 75-year sentence, without the possibility of parole. He pleaded guilty and did not appear at trial.

When the Quebec Court of Appeal did what it did in the case of Alexandre Bissonnette, I said here: let’s not complicate the procedures, let’s wait for the Supreme Court’s decision and we’ll do what’s more appropriate according to the decision it will make. renderExplain David Lutz.

He thinks it is easier to pursue the case now, especially since the Supreme Court decision is retroactive and can be applied to all murderers who have been sentenced to successive sentences.

Under Friday’s decision, people currently serving an unconstitutional sentence must go to the court that sentenced them to seek relief.

The Crown prosecutor could not object to such a request, specifying nine Supreme Court judges in their judgment.

When leaving the courthouse in 2014, David Lutz declared that the Moncton murders were one of the most heinous crimes in Canadian history, if not the most heinous.

Now, he thinks the murderer in Moncton will benefit from a rehabilitation. Hope he sees [cette décision] as a signsaid the lawyer.

However, he recalled that the request for parole after 25 years could be denied. Convicted persons can still continue serving the sentence despite this period if they are still considered a danger to the public.

It is up to the National Parole Board to decide whether to grant it.