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A couple in Calgary just had babies. Literally. Four identical girl babies. Very, very rare to have multiple births of identicals. That's one egg split four ways! They already have a 2 year old as well. Poor little boy. Bad enough to be saddled with one little sister, quite often the bane of a little boy's life, but four all at once? They live in a 2 bedroom town house so they're currently house hunting and are going to buy a mini-van.

A taxi driver was killed at Christmas 2 years ago and was stabbed by a 17 year old. Yesterday he was sentenced in adult court to life but he's eligible for parole in 2012, 7 years from the day he was arrested. How is 7 years = life? I wish they wouldn't call it that. Even first degree murder sentences of 25 years without parole is called "life" and to someone his age, it's not life, it's a good chunk of it, for sure. I think the US has the right idea. The crimes they convict for life, you're in for life. And if you kill more than one person, the sentences are not concurrent, they're one after the other. 3 deaths, that's 120 years. Sorted. Canada hasn't had the death penalty since July 1976 in a close vote which is went the sentence for crimes that would have garnered the death sentence were then deemed 25 years no parole. I didn't realize it was that recent, actually. The last person in Canada actually executed for a crime was in 1962. If you get convicted of a crime, and it doesn't have to be murder, the crown can then apply to have you deemed a "dangerous offender" and then you'll never get out.

anyway.

Transit talks have ended for the week. They retreat to consider the results.

Comments

[solocat.livejournal.com]

Oregon has the death penalty, but I am not quite sure when the last time it was exercised (even though there are a few people on death row. Death penalty cases get mucked up in appeals cases and end up costing far more than life without parole.
People with life sentences are often eligible to go before the parole board after x-amount of time and could potentially be released - although again I can't think of any really recent cases.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

we've had people that were sentenced to life without parole 25 years and then when they are eligible for bail, still be denied it. And yes, living on death row for all those years kind of defeats the purpose of the death penalty, i figure.