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e-409 (Homicides)
- Keywords
- Conditional release
- Homicide
- Life sentences
E-petition
Initiated by Mary-Anne Fenton from Windsor, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- there were 2,728 known homicides in Canada from 2010-2014;
- nearly two thirds of accused were convicted of a previous offence;
- more than one in five solved homicides in 2014 were committed by an intimate partner;
- there were 239 known homicide victims 17 and under between 2010-2014;
- there are over 4800 active missing persons cases in Canada and it is unknown how many of these cases involve homicide; and
- House arrest for non-violent criminals leaves more space for violent criminals to develop.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to support a mandatory Life until Death with no parole sentencing, for all killers in Canada, taking into account that killers who have a mental illness, should be kept in a facility until death, that there should be no release under any circumstances, and that self-defence should be excluded from sentencing.
- Open for signature
- July 12, 2016, at 3:25 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 9, 2016, at 3:25 p.m. (EDT)
