A Toronto sentencing judge has given a convicted killer enhanced credit for pretrial custody because of the hardships and abuse she faced as the first transgender woman held at the all-male Toronto South Detention Centre. Dawkins called 911 that evening — too late to help Foster, noted the judge — and has been in custody ever since. That brings Dawkins’ time served to six-and-a-half years, more than what the defence was seeking but not unwarranted, Clark said. Subtracting that time from her eight-year sentence, Dawkins is left with a further 18 months in custody. Before he passed the sentence, Clark asked Dawkins if she had anything to say to the court.

Source: thestar November 06, 2018 23:37 UTC