US Edition‘Exceptional circumstances’: Court hearing set for family of serial killer victim
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, AUG 7 – The hearing allows Ashlee Shingoose's family to present victim impact statements a year after her identification as a serial killer's victim in exceptional court proceedings.
- A special court hearing will be held on August 15 to allow the family of Ashlee Christine Shingoose, a First Nations woman killed by serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, to provide victim impact statements.
- The court agreed to this exceptional hearing to acknowledge the dignity of Shingoose, who was identified as one of Skibicki's victims after he was sentenced for four murders.
- Skibicki, who received four concurrent life sentences with no chance of parole for 25 years, will not attend the hearing, but his lawyer will be present.
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Family of now-identified victim of Winnipeg serial killer gets special hearing to relay impact of killing
Almost a year after a man convicted of murdering four First Nations women in Winnipeg was sentenced, the family of one of those victims — whose identity wasn't confirmed until recently — will get the chance to tell the court how her death affected them, in circumstances described as "exceptional," a court news release says.
WINNIPEG — The family of a deceased First Nation woman in the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer will have the opportunity to present a victim's statement in court one year after her conviction. The Court of King's Bench of Manitoba announced that it had agreed to hold an extraordinary hearing on August 15 so that the victim's statements and on behalf of the community regarding Ashlee Shingoose could be submitted. Ms. Shingoose was one of four Fi…
'Exceptional circumstances': Court hearing set for family of serial killer victim - The Turtle Island News
By Brittany Hobson Family of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer will have the chance to give victim impact statements in court one year after his conviction. The Manitoba Court of King’s Bench has agreed to a Crown request for a special hearing for victim and community impact statements to be submitted about 30-year-old Ashlee Shingoose. The hearing is set for Aug. 15. “The court has agreed that holding a hea…
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