QUEBEC — The man who killed six people inside a Quebec City mosque last year will learn Feb. 8 whether he spends the rest of his life behind bars. The defence has argued the sentences should be served concurrently, meaning the killer, 28, could seek parole after 25 years. In court Wednesday, the judge asked whether a mass killer such as Bissonnette is as blameworthy as a serial killer or a hit man. He said someone who, like Bissonnette, kills six people in the space of 90 seconds is clearly just as blameworthy as someone who kills the same number of people over a period of months. Bissonnette’s lawyer, Charles-Olivier Gosselin, argued that a sentence of 150 years would be counter to sentencing principles under Canadian law.

Source: National Post November 22, 2018 02:48 UTC