Supreme Court of Canada unanimously strikes down life without parole for mass murderers

Canada's top court strikes down life without parole for mass murderers

Canada's Supreme Court has ruled that life sentences without the possibility of parole for mass murderers are unconstitutional, as they violate the right not to be subjected to "cruel and unusual punishment."

Supreme Court retroactively strikes down life without parole for mass murderers

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has ruled unanimously to strike down life without parole for mass murderers, saying that such sentences go against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that they bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

Top Canada court strikes down stern parole law in 2017 mosque shooter ruling

OTTAWA: Canada's Supreme Court on Friday (May 27) upheld a decision by a lower court to speed up the parole eligibility for the man convicted of gunning down six people in a mosque in 2017 and deemed a 2011 law that allowed lengthy parole sentencing as unconstitutional. Canada's top court was adjudicating

Mosque shooter Bissonnette can apply for parole after 25 years, Supreme Court rules - Sicamous Eagle Valley News

High court rules as cruel and unusual denying someone the possibility of parole before they die

Top Canada court strikes down stern parole law in 2017 mosque shooter ruling

Canada's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision by a lower court to speed up the parole eligibility for the man convicted of gunning down six people in a mosque in 2017 and deemed a 2011 law that allowed lengthy parole sentencing as unconstitutional.

Bissonnette's sentence for mosque shooting was unconstitutional: Supreme Court

In a decision released Friday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the sentence Alexandre Bissonnette received after he pleaded guilty to murdering six worshippers at a mosque in Quebec City was unconstitutional.