Paul Trevor Calnen was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in the March 2013 death of Reita Louise Jordan. (Submitted by Amy Jordan)At his trial, Calnen's lawyer asked the judge to direct the jury to find his client not guilty of second-degree murder. Peter Planetta argued there was no proof Calnen intended to kill Jordan and the jury should only consider the lesser charge of manslaughter. In a dissenting opinion, Chief Justice Michael MacDonald disagreed with his two colleagues and wrote that he would have rejected Calnen's appeal. Under the terms of his life sentence for second-degree murder, Calnen was required to serve 15 years before applying for parole.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2017 17:45 UTC