The Supreme Court just made it much more difficult to sentence youth offenders as adults
The 14-year-old charged in the fatal stabbing of a senior in a Toronto parking lot will serve, at most, four years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. Four years – roughly the time it takes to finish a degree, or renew a mortgage term – a blink of time compared to the 71 years that the accused allegedly extinguished because Shahnaz Pestonji would not give up her car keys. Ms. Pestonji was stabbed and killed in an unprovoked attack in broad daylight when she was loading groceries into her car last week. The accused allegedly fled the scene, and later, appeared to go live on his Instagram feed, where he discussed the incident and also danced around to rap, flashing an apparent firearm.
