Laura Brahaney has finally apologized for her weeklong trail of gratuitous violence that terrorized and later haunted three men. Her first victim, a 25-year-old man with autism, was kidnapped from his home in September 2014 after a violent home invasion. Lorne Goldstein, who did not represent Brahaney at trial, is now defending her at the dangerous offender hearing. Goldstein noted in submissions at the dangerous offender hearing that the issue before the courts is an offensive concept: prospective detention. If Laura Brahaney is branded a dangerous offender she will serve an indeterminate sentence that will be reviewed by the parole board in seven years, and every two after that.

Source: National Post June 04, 2019 22:07 UTC