Supreme Court of Canada rules life without parole cruel and illegal

The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the punishment of life in prison without parole for mass murderers today.

The ruling came during a review of the case of Alexandre Bissonnette, found guilty of killing six worshippers at a Quebec Mosque in 2017.

In 2019, Bissonnette successfully challenged a 2011 law that allowed a court, in the event of multiple murders, to impose a life sentence and parole ineligibility periods of 25 years to be served consecutively for each murder.

A judge found the provision unconstitutional but did not declare it invalid, ultimately ruling Bissonnette must wait 40 years before applying for parole.

Abigail Bimman tells us why the court finds his punishment “unconstitutional.”

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