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{
"time": "2009-11-02 16:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Michael Mandelcorn",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1695083\" data-originallang=\"en\"> With respect to that specific question, it has to be remembered that there is no discretion on a first-degree murder sentence. It's a life sentence. The eligibility for parole is set at 25 years. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1695084\" data-originallang=\"en\"> A murder trial itself can take weeks and months; the sentencing takes five minutes, literally. It's pronounced, often even though there's no discretion on the judge's part at that point. Victim impact statements are received, because they will follow the offender through the correctional system throughout his or her history and will be used when it comes time for parole hearings and other interim release options. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1695085\" data-originallang=\"en\">The simple answer to a straightforward question is that I believe not, even in those cases of second-degree murder in which there is some discretion between life 10 and up to life 25. What the judges are reviewing at that point are the circumstances of the offence itself, including the degree of gratuitous violence and the circumstances surrounding the actual act. This is not an exhaustive list; there's a whole slew of factors that go into reviewing what will be set as--</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1695083\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est de la question pr\u00e9cise, il faut se rappeler que le juge n'a aucune latitude dans le cas d'un meurtre au premier degr\u00e9. C'est l'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9. Mais il n'y a de possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle qu'apr\u00e8s 25 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1695084\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le proc\u00e8s pour meurtre peut prendre des semaines et des mois; le prononc\u00e9 de la peine ne demande que cinq minutes, au sens propre. La peine est impos\u00e9e, souvent m\u00eame si le juge n'a aucune latitude, \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0. Les d\u00e9clarations des victimes sont re\u00e7ues. Ces d\u00e9clarations suivent le d\u00e9linquant pendant tout son s\u00e9jour dans les services correctionnels, et elles servent lorsque viennent les audiences sur la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle et d'autres mises en libert\u00e9 provisoires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1695085\" data-originallang=\"en\">R\u00e9ponse simple \u00e0 une question directe: je ne crois pas. M\u00eame dans les cas de meurtres au deuxi\u00e8me degr\u00e9, lorsqu'il y a une certaine latitude entre la prison \u00e0 vie avec possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration apr\u00e8s 10 ans ou 25 ans. Ce que les juges prennent alors en consid\u00e9ration, ce sont les circonstances du crime, dont le degr\u00e9 de violence gratuite et les circonstances qui ont entour\u00e9 l'acte proprement dit. Ce n'est pas une liste exhaustive; il y a toute une s\u00e9rie de facteurs \u00e0 prendre en consid\u00e9ration dans l'examen de ce qui...</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/justice/40-2/45/michael-mandelcorn-2/",
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