Article contentCALGARY — Alberta’s top court is to hear arguments today in the sentencing appeal of a man who killed a Calgary couple and their five-year-old grandson six years ago. Douglas Garland was sent to prison for life with no chance of parole for 75 years after a jury found him guilty in 2017 of the first-degree murders of Nathan O’Brien, 5, and Alvin and Kathy Liknes. Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta man convicted of 3 murders appealing sentence as 'excessive and harsh' Back to videoGarland would have to live to the age of 129 before being eligible to apply for parole. At Garland’s trial, the judge said the usual automatic life sentence with a minimum of 25 years before parole eligibility needed to be increased because of aggravating factors that included Nathan’s young age and Garland not expressing remorse. In a notice of appeal, Garland’s lawyers argue his sentence of three consecutive parole ineligibilities is “excessive and harsh” and that victim impact statements “exceeded the scope” of what’s allowed according to the Criminal Code.

Source: National Post June 16, 2020 08:03 UTC