this happened probably because the guy is poor and just happened to get a shitty public lawyer representing him

dude stabbed another dude, TO DEATH and didnt call emergency services asap?
murder

As soon as he got the knife away, he made a choice to kill to the other guy

Here's my take on the self defence one... The judge/jury involved was probably upset at Carol Berner's bare minimum sentence, so they decided to get back at her in their own way and give her son the most they were able to.

Personally, I honestly think it's a mixture of that plus some part of the story that the media hasn't really talked about yet.

^ too bad part of jury selection is weeding out anyone who may know anything at all to do with that other case

the defense lawyer isnt going to let people with any sort of bias sit on the jury

Doesn't mean they didn't lie about their knowledge to get in.

Either way, unless there's more to the story than the media is letting on (and provided the defence story is actually true), then the sentence was definitely too harsh.

he was convicted in October depending on when trial started (likely months earlier) the Trial began in middle of Sept (but it was in voire dire meaning the jury wasn't sitting) however the jury was chosen already

given the length of time and how much his moms case was being talked about i find it hard to believe the Jury didn't know an inkling or at the very least learned more about it while sitting on her sons Trial

anyway u can read a far more detailed report about the events of the case here http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Jo...315/story.html

stabbed the deceased in the head after having him pinned down and taken the weapon, got rid of the knife, was stopped by police but didn't tell them about the dying/dead guy laying on the ground nearby + multiple witnesses attesting to his violent/abusive nature + the deceased is a father + the possibility of his mothers case influencing the jury

Yes, too many outdated crap.

ok so what would you do with the knife after you took it from him?

this guy is obviously out to kill you, you can't just throw the knife a few meters away and keep struggling with him, he's gonna pick it back up and stab you.

His buddy was also blacked out, not like he can just book it out of there, he's not going to leave his friend behind with some guy who just came at you with a knife.

In the heat of the moment you don't have time to think, maybe he didn't intend to kill him but you're going to need to stab him to disable him.

It's not like you can just call a time out, and tell him you don't want to play anymore after you get the knife. He's just gonna come at you until he gets the knife back

no wonder the americans laugh at our justice system

some kid sucker punches my friend while we get off the bus, knocks him out and pulls a knife on us. i take the knife from him and stab him out of adrenaline and kill him then i would have to face a life sentencing? pfffffft..basically u have to let the other guy kill u?

Canadian justice system is full of horse shit. In a situation like that you basically have to be stabbed half way to hell if you hope to have a slight bit of justice served.
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Sections 34 -37 of the criminal code of Canada deal with 'Defense of Person.'
http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/cc/cc.part-i.html

omg i cant believe i thanked m!chael !! ;)

You know what's even more fucked up, I just realized I know him, he's a friend of a friend :(
He was actually a really nice guy...

you know the guy that got stabbed and is now dead or you know the guy who stabbed and killed the guy and is now facing the life sentence?

I believe that the jury, who heard all the facts and evidence from both sides, have a better chance of making an informed decision. Reading a few lines of summary from a newspaper who makes their money from sensational reporting is hardly the best way to know exactly what happened. It appears that the jury believed that self defence was not appropriate and said so with their decision. To get upset about something while not knowing the facts of the matter makes you no better than Obama, if you remember what he did in the case of the Cop and Obama's professor buddy and the reported burglary in progress.

As a point of interest..
"B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Ballance imposed the sentence just before noon Friday after hearing a joint submission by the Crown and defence asking for a parole ineligibility period of 10 years.

yes, section 2 states you can kill someone who attacks you with a weapon.

hmmm I thought it'd be an open and shut case of self defense.

1. guy came at you with knife
2. you know at that time you are in life or death danger
3. you got knife from assailant
4. assailant continues to act hostile, having clear intention to take your life - I see that the plaintiff is saying that the knife is now not in his hands - but there are many ways to kill without a weapon at that range....
5. you stabbed the assailant on the basis of self defense.

I don't see any point where the accused (now) has been removed from danger of his life until he stabbed the original assailant....

I hope this shit don't fly in the court and the guy just come off clean man....otherwise it's some real fucked up shit.

Read post # 40. The trial is over and the jury decided he was guilty.

meh, those who brandish their knives around ready to kill should also be prepared to die. Live by sword, die by sword.

fml

at least we know that if u want to kill a guy, do it with a car and ull only get 5 years.

the problem is there's no1 corroborating their self defense story

their story is sketchy in the least, this father (the deceased) just followed them off the bus for no apparent reason and was going to kill one/both of them

not only that according to his story he had the deceased pinned to the ground and weapon out of hand already (him "punching" with the knife sounds like they wanted to say he forgot the knife was in his hands but who the hell punches in a stabbing motion?)

not only that they got rid of the murder weapon (its not to be found anywhere)

not only that the police stopped them because neighbours called about people fighting and they didnt tell the officer/s that there was a guy with a knife wound in his head in the bushes who may or may not be dead

not only that he has a history of violence and crime (i dont know what the deceased has but this fact doesnt do well for the credibility of this guy and the likeliness that he was just defending himself)


you can see why the Jury convicted him; you can see why his defense lawyer was hoping for Manslaughter instead of an acquittal (he may still get it in an appeal all im saying is you can see why the Jury voted how they did)

there's gotta be a reason he got 2nd degree and not manslaughter
leaving someone to bleed until dead is a good reason

that fucker in the Porsche should have got life though

Almost no one who carries a knife is actually mentally prepared to go beyond just flicking it open, to taking it to gravest extreme and sticking that blade into another persons windpipe and feel it punch through like it was a piece of cardboard, push it deep into someones armpit, or otherwise stab and carve at someones body like it was a slab of meat. Causing superficial knife wounds, and actually using a couple inch long razor sharp piece of steel to disable someone who is hell bent on coming at you, are two totally different animals and most people never give that any thought till it's too late.

LIKE!!