The “just and proportionate” sentence means Mauro Granados-Arana, 28, will not be eligible to apply for full parole for 41 years, when he is 63 years old, Ontario Superior Court Justice Ken Campbell said Thursday. “As a just and caring society that values each and every individual member, we must resolutely condemn and denounce the actions of violent offenders who commit multiple murders,” Campbell said reading his decision in court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with no ability to apply for parole for 16 years. Granados-Arana was convicted of first-degree murder and received an automatic sentence of life imprisonment without parole eligibility for 25 years. Campbell had earlier rejected the accused’s attempt to challenge the constitutional validity of the Criminal Code section giving judges the discretion to impose periods of consecutive parole ineligibility.

Source: thestar March 29, 2018 22:07 UTC