Impassioned victim-impact statements paved the path to this miscarriage. A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team T-boned the truck, killing 16 people on the bus and injuring 13. He pleaded guilty at his first opportunity to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 of dangerous driving causing injury. It is no surprise, and no criticism of those who have lost family members, that victim-impact statements are often harshly retributive. Cardinal sentenced Sidhu to eight years in prison, the longest sentence in Canadian history for dangerous driving causing death.

Source: National Post December 30, 2019 18:27 UTC