7 h. ago MANDEL: ‘Scourge’ of domestic violence nets killer life without parole for 15 years

She had to speak to her sister’s killer one last time. So hours after Kadeem Nedrick, 34, was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 15 years for the brutal murder of his former partner, Brittany Doff, she waited for her chance to face the man she once loved as a member […]

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13 h. ago ‘A pervasive scourge on society’: Ontario man handed sentence for girlfriend’s murder

A Toronto man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of his girlfriend.

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55 h. ago Bush party killer to serve minimum 16 years for 'senseless' murder

Carlos Guerra Guerra was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 16 years for fatally shooting Josue Silva at a London bush party

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6 d. ago Illinois man gets life after admitting to deadly shooting at parade

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti handed down the sentence after emotional testimony from survivors and the relatives of […]

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9 d. ago Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at El Paso Walmart pleads guilty to capital murder

EL PASO, Texas — The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court. Patrick Crusius was automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole in […]

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1 week ago Colorado man gets life for killing wife after posing as ex and stalking her

DENVER — A Colorado man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for the murder of his wife after stalking her while posing as an ex-boyfriend. The mandatory sentence came a day after jurors found Daniel Krug, 44, guilty of first-degree murder, criminal impersonation and stalking. With his marriage […]

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Poilievre's plan to impose true life sentences a legitimate use of notwithstanding clause

The pearl clutchers are at it again. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised Monday that, if elected, he and his government would use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to allow people who commit multiple murders to be imprisoned for life without possibility of parole. At present, the longest sentence a Canadian murderer can receive is 25 years […]

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2 w. ago Supreme Court confirms order for new murder trials in attack on woman’s parents

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed an order for new first-degree murder trials for an Ontario woman and three others who were convicted in an attack on her parents. Jennifer Pan was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder, and life […]

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3 w. ago Quebec killer ordered to remain in men’s prison despite identifying as female

Mohamed Al Ballouz, who now uses the name Levana, was sentenced in December to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

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3 w. ago Toronto man gets life sentence for the ‘senseless slaughter’ of his mother

A Toronto man who strangled his mother to death while he was out on bail has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years.

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