'My notion at that point in time was, how can you put a little spit and polish on this thing and make it shine?' says Sunstrum.
A Calgary man received a one-year sentence reduction Wednesday on his 17-year prison term for trafficking fentanyl, but the Alberta Court of Appeal reaffirmed the need to send a message to the city's "merchants of death" through stiff sentences.Jonathan Sunstrum was sentenced to 17 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking. The Alberta Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to 16 years.
"There can be no overstating the threat this drug poses to the well-being of our society," reads the decision. "The people who traffic this drug for money are literally merchants of death." Police said the fentanyl seized from Sunstrum had a potency of 10 to 15 times what is typically sold on streets in Western Canada.The court of appeal wrote that it is obligated to do what it can to address the problem but its means are limited to imposing sentences that will deter other traffickers.
After hearing evidence, Justice Tyndale found Chang Yun was the "top man in this organization" while Sunstrum was "in corporate parlance … the executive vice-president of the company."
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