by CCJC Admin | Oct 25, 2010 | Stories on Sentencing
One July night in 1994, Kevin Hoolinsky and four friends had a boys’ night out at a downtown Windsor bar. Several hours later, Kevin got behind the wheel of his 1985 Firebird. On the way home, he and his buddies were trying to get the attention of a carful of girls....
by CCJC Admin | Aug 25, 2010 | Stories on Sentencing
In 1991 in the community of Teslin located in the southern area of the Yukon composed primarily of aboriginals with the Teslin Tlingit Band, a 42-year-old man pled guilty to the sexual assault of his 13-year-old daughter, indecent assault of another daughter and...
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...