Alberta's top court has supported consecutive sentences for three triple murderers, including a man who killed a Calgary couple and their grandson and a central Albertan who killed his parents and sister with a friend. On Monday, the majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal panel allowed the appeal, finding the trial judge's sentence "disproportionate and unfit." The higher court has imposed a 50-year parole ineligibility, with the men to serve their sentences for Monica Klaus's killing consecutive to the parents. Kim Ross, one of Garland's lawyers, says he is reviewing the decision and also anticipates taking the sentence appeal to the Supreme Court. The Appeal Court ruled his life sentence with no chance of parole for 40 years amounted to "cruel and unusual" punishment.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2021 12:00 UTC