Bissonnette’s parents had called their son’s sentence “very severe” and said the Crown’s proposed sentence encouraged a desire for revenge
Alexandre Bissonnette is escorted to a van after appearing in court for the deadly shooting at a mosque, on Jan. 30, 2017 in Quebec City.Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers have less than a week left to decide whether to appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six men in a Quebec City mosque.
He received the harshest prison sentence ever in Quebec and one of the longest in Canada, which since a 2011 Criminal Code reform has allowed consecutive life sentences for multiple murders.But it was well under the six consecutive life sentences – 150 years before being eligible for parole – sought by the Crown.
The six life sentences were automatic after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, but the defence had asked that they be served concurrently, meaning he would have been eligible for parole in 25 years.
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