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Originally Posted by Ilow
Not to totally threadjack, but four years is a "stiff sentence" for killing someone, even involuntarily?? I was actually out a few weeks ago and a friend of a friend who had dome something similar (killed two friends in a drunk accident) and also done something like for or six years, and I found myself very pissed off that he was out drinking again and generally being an ass when his two friends were in the ground. It just seemed disrespectful. But back to my threadjack, I think that unless it is self defense or some really extenuating circumstances, four years for killing someone is kind of light. Probably seems that way to the victim's family, who will never see their son again...
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Sorry, but you need to know what other sentences are in this jurisdiction before you say that, and the circumstances of the particular case. It was a pretty significant sentence given those variables.
http://www.thestar.com/article/295218
Note the bit about it being one of the tougher sentences handed out to someone with no priors in these parts and despite the family of the deceased requesting leniency, he got significant time.