Winnipeg gangster who killed bystander avoids max sentence: "judge has refused to hand down the maximum sentence to a Winnipeg gangster who killed a teenage bystander during a gunfight with a drug-dealing rival.
Jeffrey Cansanay was convicted last month of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence with no parole eligibility for at least 10 years.
But the Crown wanted Justice Shawn Greenberg to order Cansanay to spend at least 25 years behind bars — the same punishment a person convicted of first-degree murder would face and the most severe sentence in the Criminal Code.
The judge said Thursday she would only raise parole eligibility to 15 years, despite the nature of the crime and Cansanay's lack of remorse and bleak chances at rehabilitation."
Jeffrey Cansanay was convicted last month of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence with no parole eligibility for at least 10 years.
But the Crown wanted Justice Shawn Greenberg to order Cansanay to spend at least 25 years behind bars — the same punishment a person convicted of first-degree murder would face and the most severe sentence in the Criminal Code.
The judge said Thursday she would only raise parole eligibility to 15 years, despite the nature of the crime and Cansanay's lack of remorse and bleak chances at rehabilitation."
