The Crown prosecutor handling <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;the case&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://canlii.ca/t/kffs5&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://canlii.ca/t/kffs5">the case</a> of a 25-year-old half-Cree man who pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Calgary — among many other vile things — believed 12 to 15 years would make a fair sentence; 10, if you count his mitigating factors. But the judge arrived at merely eight. Why? Because the offender was Indigenous.

He violently abused a 12-year-old, but got two years shaved off his sentence because he's half-Cree. Race-based sentencing has to go{ai:summary}Calgary: a 25-year-old half-Cree man pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl and other charges. The Crown sought 12–15 years, maybe 10 with mitigators.The judge handed eight years, reportedly citing the offender's Indigenous status as a factor. #crime

Jamie Sarkonak: Calgary rapist's racial sentence discount is the opposite of justice

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