What factors did the judge consider when deciding to sentence the Humboldt driver to eight years in prison?
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The Crown prosecutor argued that the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash should serve 10 years in prison.
In the end, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary received an eight-year prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving. The court in Melfort, Saskatchewan heard he blew through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus in rural Saskatchewan last April.
16 people died and 13 were injured.
We wanted to learn more about the factors the judge had to consider when deciding to sentence the Humboldt driver to eight years in prison.
Guest: Jennifer Quaid
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa
The Crown prosecutor argued that the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash should serve 10 years in prison.
In the end, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary received an eight-year prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving. The court in Melfort, Saskatchewan heard he blew through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus in rural Saskatchewan last April.
16 people died and 13 were injured.
We wanted to learn more about the factors the judge had to consider when deciding to sentence the Humboldt driver to eight years in prison.
Guest: Jennifer Quaid
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa