Quebec mosque shooting: Even murderers have rights, lawyer says
QUEBEC — Murderers, even multiple murderers like Alexandre Bissonnette, have rights and can be rehabilitated, the Quebec City mosque killer’s lawyer argued Wednesday.
And it would contravene the Charter of Rights — and Canadian values — to impose the legally allowed maximum sentence on Bissonnette, defence lawyer Charles-Olivier Gosselin said.
That would be life in prison without the possibility of parole for 150 years (six consecutive 25-year sentences).
Gossel
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