Convicted LRT killer to challenge mandatory life sentence

A man convicted of beating a fellow LRT train passenger to death in 2012 is planning to challenge the constitutionality of Canada’s automatic life sentence for second-degree murder.
Jeremy Newborn, 34, was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for his conviction in the death of John Hollar.
Instead, a hearing was scheduled for December when Newborn will make his Charter application.
Hollar, 29, died in hospital of blunt cranial trauma two days after the Dec. 28, 2012, attack by Newborn.
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