4 dead in school shooting in Saskatchewan

[ballz]

Hardly. As a 17 year old he can and likely will be subject to adult sentencing, which for first degree murder is still life.

The last 17 year old I knew who was convicted of first degree murder (I worked for eight months in a youth custody facility) got a life sentence with no eligibility for parole for 10 years. That was for a single count; this case is four murders and seven attempts. He'll get life and serve a long time of it.

Alas, the one I knew was killed in Sollins Bay in 2013, some time before reaching parole eligibility...

Interesting... so he didn't get tried as an adult then? I ask that because you said he got life (10) when first-degree for an adult is automatically life (25)?

 

[mariomike]

For what it is worth to the discussion,

Adult Sentences for Youth
http://www.lawlessons.ca/lesson-plans/2.7.adult-sentences-for-youth

 

[Colin Parkinson]

There are simple ways to reduce some of the issues. Others like the native gangs will require more long term solutions

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gun-lockers-distributed-in-old-crow-yukon-to-help-curb-suicides-1.3081508