In the past year, two adult killers who murdered multiple victims in Canada have been sentenced to 75 years in prison without parole. "Even if he's being sentenced as an adult, he's still subject to the Youth Criminal Justice Act." Defence lawyer Aaron Fox says his teenage client would be eligible for parole after 10 years if he's given an adult life sentence. A youth sentence could work out to roughly the same amount of time in custody — six years calculated from time of sentencing — but the facility wouldn't be a federal penitentiary. Critics of the new law say it's a backdoor way to impose a life sentence without parole.

Source: CBC News October 19, 2017 22:52 UTC