A 2011 law had allowed judges to “stack” parole ineligibility periods in cases involving multiple murders, to go beyond 25 years. There is no guarantee that parole will be granted at the end of an ineligibility period, or ever, by the parole board. “A consecutive parole ineligibility period must be imposed for the savage and cruel murder of Vana. The Crown had argued Fenn, 33, should be sentenced to a 72-year-period of parole ineligibility — close to the maximum amount of time possible. Fenn, who is self-represented, asked Leibovich to impose the minimum period of parole ineligibility which is 10 years.

Source: The Star April 05, 2022 18:44 UTC