Time to introduce broader guidelines for murder sentences.

[JLM]

Jury ponders fate of Sundre woman accused of murder - Calgary - CBC News

If this woman is found guilty I don't think 10 years in the slammer will benefit anyone. This sounds to me like the result of a situation getting out of hand with tragic consequences. Her husband may well have been the author of his own demise every bit as much as she was.

 

[Colpy]

Jury ponders fate of Sundre woman accused of murder - Calgary - CBC News

If this woman is found guilty I don't think 10 years in the slammer will benefit anyone. This sounds to me like the result of a situation getting out of hand with tragic consequences. Her husband may well have been the author of his own demise every bit as much as she was.

Another argument against mandatory sentences.

 

[petros]

Another argument against mandatory sentences.

Mandatory sentences was just a vote vote buying scheme that was set up to fail. The tyrannically imposed laws are dropping one by one.

 

[BornRuff]

Well, I guess it depends on if you believe her story.

 

[JLM]

Well, I guess it depends on if you believe her story.

Sounds plausible- the charge is 2nd degree, so she had no intention of deliberately "deep sixing" him.

She was found guilty of manslaughter so will likely be on parole in 16 months.

 

[BornRuff]

Sounds plausible- the charge is 2nd degree, so she had no intention of deliberately "deep sixing" him.

She was found guilty of manslaughter so will likely be on parole in 16 months.

2nd degree murder would still mean that they thought she intentionally killed him, just not that it was planned in advance(or one of the other criteria such as killing him during the commission of another specified crime).