[Newsbot]

Title: Guy Turcotte sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 17 years
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: andyt
Date: 2016-01-15 08:08:22
Canadian

[andyt]

[Lemmy]

Can we enslave him? Seems a shame to have someone with his skills rotting away in a cell.

[stratos]

"Guy Turcotte sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 17 years"

Strange sentence of life yet can get out in 17yrs. Why not just sentence someone to X (large) number of years and have the parole process over those years. Some states do the same thing here in the US and I've never gotten the reasoning behind that. Why say "for life" then admit they get a chance out of jail before death.

[Lemmy]

A life sentence usually means life. Most people sentenced to life in Canada don't get out, ever, regardless the point at which they become parole-eligible.

But the reasoning behind this is that someone with no chance of parole, ever, has no incentive to behave in prison. Someone with even a faint-hope at release is much less dangerous to prison staff. Also, in Canada we have something called "Dangerous Offender status". Once a person is deemed "dangerous", we keep them in jail forever, even if they were only facing a sentence of a couple of years for the offence that brought them to trial.

Me? I'd save all the paperwork and just shoot anyone who'd stab their own kids to death, but that's just me.

[Strutz]

$1:

Turcotte's legal team is appealing the guilty verdict

Of course they are.

It's a shame these cases take so damn long to get justice done.

[DrCaleb]

stratos stratos:

"Guy Turcotte sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 17 years"

Strange sentence of life yet can get out in 17yrs.

Like what Lemmy said - 'Life' means he will be in the custody of the State for life. He must serve 17 years before he can be released, but he will always report to a parole officer periodically and will always be subject to being returned to prison should he breach any of the conditions put on him.

But he will be a guest of Corrections Canada for at least 17 years.