by CCJC Admin | Jul 25, 2010 | RJ Story of the Month, Stories on Sentencing
This story concerns a hostage taking at gunpoint for which the person responsible was facing the prospect of 10 to 12 years in prison. On January 17, 1993, Richard Wiens, a farmer from the town of Rosemary (a town two hours outside of Calgary) and Peter Plett of a...
by CCJC Admin | Jun 25, 2010 | RJ Story of the Month, Stories on Victim issues
A high school student burst into a classroom one day just after lunch break wielding a knife and began to stab another student. I will call him Dan. Dan was arrested, charged with Assault with a Weapon, and sentenced to a period of closed custody in a juvenile...
