Defence lawyer Aaron Fox argued the shooter suffers from different mental disorders and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
A man holds a rosary as police investigate the scene of a shooting at the community school in La Loche Sask., on Jan. 23, 2016.A lawyer for a young man who shot and killed four people and injured seven others in northern Saskatchewan is to argue in court today that the offender should serve his sentence as a youth.
He was sentenced as an adult last year to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, second-degree murder and attempted murder.Defence lawyer Aaron Fox plans to ask the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to sentence the shooter as a youth or order a new hearing.A publication ban ordered because of the appeal prevents identifying him.
Fox argued the sentencing judge focused on the gravity of the crime while failing to consider evidence that spoke to cognitive problems affecting the offender’s maturity, empathy, ability to understand consequences and, above all, his level of blame.
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