On October 22, 2010, Williams was stripped of his commission, ranks, and awards by the Governor General of Canada on the recommendation of the Chief of the Defence Staff. His severance pay was terminated and the salary he received following his arrest was seized.
Williams' sentence for first-degree murder of life with no chance of parole for 25 years for two deaths, is exactly what he would have received had he killed only once.
People can argue Williams will never get parole anyway and maybe he won't, although no one can guarantee what's going to happen 25 years from now.
But why should any multiple murderer and no one can guarantee none of them will ever get parole get a two for one (or three-for-one, or 10-for-one) discount on their period of parole ineligibility?
While it's too late for the Williams' case, the Conservative government has introduced legislation allowing judges to apply each murder conviction in the case of multiple murderers to the period of parole ineligibility.
For a second-degree murderer convicted of two killings, where, depending on the circumstances, the sentence is life with no chance of parole for 10 up to 25 years, the judge could increase the period of parole ineligibility to 20 to 50 years.
Friday, October 22, 2010
russell williams | Make every murder count for parole
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