Consecutive Sentences: Angry Families of Murder Victims

Mrs Babcock’s son was murdered by Dellen Millard and Mark Smich nearly 10 years ago.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that consecutive sentences were unconstitutional. Life is not important [à leurs yeux]said Ms. Babcock, while crying, in The Canadian Press.

Subsequent sentences are unconstitutional even for the worst murderer, the Supreme Court decided. This means that requests for parole can be submitted by these convicts.

The Supreme Court of Canada has declared unconstitutional a provision of the 2011 Criminal Code that allows judges to impose periods of ineligibility for parole. This law was applied to some of the murderers, including Millard and Smich.

The Supreme Court said the law violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Linda Babcock said the decision was a blow. Our lives were destroyed by their crimeMs Babcock said of those who killed her son. However, the courts considered it cruel to imprison them for life. Why are victims less entitled than criminals?

He suggested that the court was not connected to the victims and their families.

These judges do not understand the pain we go through every day of our livessaid Ms. Babcock.

However, they give criminals some tolerance, they don’t want them to suffer too much. We suffer horribly every day. It’s been almost 10 years and I still cry every day.

Five months after Laura Babcock was killed, Millard killed her father, Wayne Millard.

Six months later, Millard and Smich murdered 32-year-old Tim Bosma.

Wayne Millard’s cousin Peter Roberts was also stunned by the Supreme Court’s decision.

This is a parodysaid Mr. Roberts. The murders already [Dellen Millard] was made is abominable, unforgivable, madness at its height, and he was only one of many. That one day he could apply for parole was a joke.

Ram truck attack: the failed victims

Trial judge Alek Minassian is awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision before proceeding with sentencing. As a result of the decision, he will serve an automatic sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years for the murder of 10 people on April 23, 2018. Two other people died several years later, including one who never left the hospital after being caught.

Cathy Riddell was one of the victims who survived after sustaining injuries when the Minassian who was driving the van intentionally struck her.

I will tell you what a cruel and unusual punishment ishe says. It was an innocent man who was murdered. It is an innocent person who has been cut off or an innocent person whose life has been torn apart. It was a cruel and unusual punishment.

He said he had failed in the justice system.

I am ashamed of our countryhe says. And I am ashamed of our justice system for what it did.

Victims of Parliament

Elwood Delaney was furious when he spoke to The Canadian Press about the decision on Friday.

Her grandmother, Dorothy Sewell, was murdered by the Minassian.

Due to this decision, I will not be able to return the pagehe said. That’s just what the Canadian Supreme Court did to me and a group of other victims.

All those interviewed vowed to oppose parliament to overturn this decision.

Linda Babcock wrote a letter to her MP on Friday afternoon.

How can we prevent more murder if not with heavier punishment?he wrote.

If there is hope to change what has happened in the courts, please stand up for the rights of victims of crime and make sure that these people are not re-admitted to society.