There is no justice.

[terrym]

This entitled piece of dung has destroyed a family yet was only given a 10 yr sentence. Factor in time served and I bet he isn't in jail very long. This is why we needed a tough on crime pro law and order government. Maybe Omar Kahdr can coach him on media manipulation and all will be well. Before you know it we will also have a bunch of drivers high on weed endangering our loved ones. Sunny days.This prick deserved a life sentence.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/ca...ir-grandfather

[sambo]

What a piece of trash
I hope he gets his in jail

[JBen]

Read an article that theorized he could be out in 2-4 years. If so that's 1 year for each.
Not a stellar month for our justice system.

[seabast]

10 years in jail is a pretty long time to think about what he did and the lost are lost, nothing will get them back.
Instead of wasting money in jail I'm all for "Eye for an eye tooth for a tooth" type law, let parents and familly take care of the judgment....

[JBen]

He will be getting 9 months knocked off for time served (6months).
Eligible for parole after 3 years.
No-one is disputing his remorse, nor that he pled guilty quickly (right away).
Even if he doesn't get parole the first time around, no way he will serve the full nine years.
So if he serves 3 years (36 months).
four dead people, or 9 months for each.

The short sentences imposed in some cases of impaired driving causing death or bodily harm, the generous credit given for pre-conviction imprisonment and the fact that many of these offenders are paroled after serving only one-third of their sentence has generated controversy and angered victims of impaired driving.

http://www.madd.ca/media/docs/MADD_C...work_FINAL.pdf

[PaulR]

The title of the post is incorrect, here in Canada we do not have a justice system, we have a legal system. With a legal system, he pled guilty, was sentenced, and will serve his time in accordance with the legal system. So in the legal system, he gets 10 years. Now there is credit for any time he has already spent confined, usual on a ratio, spend X days in jail, get credit for X times some arbitrary value they may apply, 3 times, 4 times, 10 times with the factor increasing dependant on your social status (translation, how much money you have). So that comes directly off the sentence. In Canada, you can apply for parole after serving 1/3 of your sentence, sometimes sooner, so if you had 10 years, credit for 1 year for spending a couple of days in jail prior to the trial, leaves 9 years, 1/3 of that is 3 years, apply for early parole and he could be out in time to celebrate New Years Eve with all his friends at the local club.

Now if we had a justice system, he would be sentenced to 10 years and walk out of jail a free man at the end of 10 years. And if there was truly justice, as he walked out of jail, a drunk driver coming down the street would turn him into a smear across the roadway.
One can only dream,,,,,

[rick_iles]

He will serve the mandatory 2/3rds of his sentence. I bet he is paroled soon after. In Chatham we had a drunk kill 4 ladies, he got a mere one year for each lady he killed. With parole, he didn't serve the four years. If I remember correctly, he served three years. IMHO, you kill someone while driving impaired, 25 yrs minimum !!!!

[Hunter John]

Just don't seem fair does it.

[MarkB]

Am not going to comment on the duration of his sentence, we know what everyone thinks.
But I'm positive his life here is over, he will have to face this for the rest of his life. And if he
tries and forgets, society will always remind him. He will carry this guilt on his shoulders for
the rest of his life, whether he gets out early or not.

[terrym]

I hope he becomes some big nasty guy's "girlfriend" in jail and can't sit down the whole time he's in jail. My guess he ends up in some cushy country club like penitentiary. He is the son of a Billionaire.