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Indigenous Ontario killer swaps life sentence for one at ‘the very low end of the range’

An Indigenous Ontario man has swapped a life sentence for 12 years in prison for killing a disabled drug dealer.

Kenneth Morrison was convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the July 7, 2018, home invasion in Kitchener, Ont., that left Shaun Yorke, 46, dead with a bullet in his chest. Morrison and an accomplice were both sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. But Morrison successfully appealed his case to Ontario’s top court, which set aside his murder conviction, substituted a conviction for manslaughter, and sentenced him again.

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