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"Sask man whose daughters froze to death to face aboriginal sentencing circle"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this new article from The Canadian Press.  Here are some of the intriguing specifics: A Saskatchewan father whose two young daughters froze to death when he took them out in a numbing blizzard will face an aboriginal sentencing circle, but Christopher Pauchay's lawyer says that doesn't mean he'll get off lightly. Provincial court Judge Barry Morgan on Wednesday approved Pauchay's bid to have the aboriginal community help determine a punishment. "It's not going to be a way to get out of jail free. It's just a way to have more detail and more insight into this particular offender," defence lawyer Ron Piche told The Canadian Press after reading Morgan's decision....   Pauchay, 25, pleaded guilty in November to criminal negligence causing death...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).