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Phil Paxman🇨🇦's avatar

Valentine spent over 3 years in pre-trial custody prior to his 2009 murder conviction. So, he was incarcerated for 19 years and not 16 as stated above.

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Dave Winfield's avatar

Who cares Phil? 16 or 19, and out to kill again. What is the difference?

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Trouble's avatar

It matters because it demonstrates how much time and money has been wasted on this piece of shit.

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Barbara Jessiman's avatar

Let's all get bent out of shape over this three-year 'error'. It's nostalgic to realize killers were actually held in custody pending trial a few years ago. We've come a long way since then, haven't we? Valentine will probably be out on some sort of arrangement pending his latest murder. The terminal state of justice in Canada.

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Meredith K's avatar

Are you serious? That's what you took from this?

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James Cork's avatar

If we are going to have a pathetic limit of 25 years for planned or insouciant murder then there should be a life-expectancy factor. If you are 18 you need not fear any sentence longer than 25 years for any kind of murder. You get a youth discount to go along with the bulk victim discount. Those murderers who begin in their 40s don't necessarily have the prayer of getting to be Liberal-loved recidivists.

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