http://www.news1130.com/2013/10/18/laura-szendreis-killer-sentenced-as-an-adult/
In September 2010, 15 year old teenager Laura Szendrei was walking through Delta's Mackie Park when she was attacked in an unprovoked incident by a 17 year old individual. Telling police that he had intended to knock her unconscious before raping her, the perpetrator struck Szendrei in the head with a metal bar in the struggle, resulting in her death. At the time, he was 6 days short of his 18th birthday, hence legally a minor. After a 5 month investigation and an undercover sting, the perpetrator was arrested by the RCMP.
After an almost 3 year trial, Laura Szendrei's killer was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 7 years. Although technically 17 at the time, the perpetrator was sentenced according to adult guidelines. Reasons cited for this decision included the randomness and brutality of the crime, as well as his proximity to legal age. Canada's legal code includes provisions for sentencing accordingly for both youth and adults, with lesser sentences for youth. The decision in the Laura Szendrei case to charge the perpetrator with an adult sentence shows that these provisions are not absolute, and are instead guidelines due to assumptions about lessening of responsibility, culpability, and propensity for violence and reeducation. In this particular case, the perpetrator was shown to effectively have the mindset and decisions of an adult due to the facts of the crime and state of the individual.
V, did you have a look at the rubric on the main class page before posting? You need to be putting more of the personal category into your post.
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