Pickton: Found Guilty - Second Degree

[Kreskin]

http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=canada&articleID=2835622

So what will that mean, parole hearing in 10 or 15 years?

 

[Tonington]

Six counts of second degree, plus new trials for twenty more charges. The judge can still sentence him as a dangerous offender, meaning no parole. I don't think he'll breathe the free air anytime soon.

 

[darkbeaver]

Six counts of second degree, plus new trials for twenty more charges. The judge can still sentence him as a dangerous offender, meaning no parole. I don't think he'll breathe the free air anytime soon.

I am not a supporter of capital punishment, but I could make a case for this mans destruction.

 

[Kreskin]

Don't dangerous offenders still get parole hearings? I don't think he will ever see the light of day again but the families will have to revisit this from time to time, through parole denial hearings.

 

[Tonington]

Yes, I misspoke. They do get parole hearings, but they can be kept indefinitely, so there is no mandatory parole, even if the sentence is less than a life sentence.

 

[bluecollarguy]

I am satisfied with the verdict even though I think it should have been 1st degree.
And yes it make a strong case for Capital punishment! But so did the Olsen trial.
I do hope he doesn't see the light of day in his life time but I also dont think he was the only one involved.
My heart goes out to the family's.

 

[Unforgiven]

Well that's good news. He's out of the way and can't hurt anyone again and I think that's the main thing. I expect he'll be given dangerous offender status and we can put the lid on him for the duration. The only other thing I would hope for is for him to get put into super max and isolated from everyone. That's really perfect for driving him crazy and puts the punishment into the sentence.

 

[Kreskin]

According to the CBC the jury first responded to the 1st degree charge with "not guilty". The courtroom gasped as many believed it meant he got off. Then the second degree charge was read.

It must've been a heart stopper.

 

[bluecollarguy]

It is sounding like they will go ahead with another trial.
I think this is prudent and will have closure for the rest of the family's.

 

[warrior_won]

He'll probably get several consecutive life sentences and be declared a dangerous offender. He will die in prison.

That's just my opinion, and the only difference between my opinion and yours, is that you don't have losers stalking you!

 

[Kreskin]

I think in Canada sentences are concurrent.

 

[Nuggler]

That's really perfect for driving him crazy and puts the punishment into the sentence.

Wouldn't that be just a short putt?

8O

 

[Kreskin]

Wouldn't that be just a short putt?

8O

Yes, but when would he use his driver? Cruel and unusual punishment.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

It frankly appalls me that this psycho and Robert Latimer are both guilty of the same offense.

 

[Tonington]

It frankly appalls me that this psycho and Robert Latimer are both guilty of the same offense.

Seriously. Kinda makes a farce out of what is supposed to be a fair and equitable system of justice.

 

[#juan]

I don't suppose there is any chance Pickton will be in the general prison population..........I hate to see good money wasted to keep the bastard alive...

 

[warrior_won]

I think in Canada sentences are concurrent.

http://ww2.ps-sp.gc.ca/publications/corrections/sentence_calcbook_how_e.asp

 

[L Gilbert]

heheheh Wouldn't it be kinda nifty if he got a suspended sentence and was booted out into the general public? How long do you think he'd survive?

 

[Kreskin]

http://ww2.ps-sp.gc.ca/publications/corrections/sentence_calcbook_how_e.asp

I guess they changed it. It used to be.

 

[Pangloss]

One: I'm not sure that he fits into the legal category of "dangerous offender"; I think that is for sexual assault and similar crimes.

Two: I think the conditions for a "dangerous offender" and second-degree murder, especially multiple counts, and not that different, from what I've read.

Third: Canada has provisions for concurrent, overlapping and consecutive sentencing.

Fourth: The NPB could, if it chooses, keep Pickton behind bars forever.

Pangloss

Fifth: I'm not a lawyer, so I could have all of this wrong.