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Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Colin Mayes  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Third reading (House), as of June 2, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that a person convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim in respect of the same event or series of events is to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole until the person has served a sentence of between twenty-five and forty years as determined by the presiding judge after considering the recommendation, if any, of the jury.

Similar bills

C-296 (44th Parliament, 1st session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-267 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
S-224 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-266 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-478 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-478 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-587s:

C-587 (2010) Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act

Votes

Sept. 24, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Feb. 23, 2015

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on March 9, 2015

  • Don Head, Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada
  • Suzanne Brisebois, Director General, Policy and Operations, Parole Board of Canada

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on March 30, 2015

  • John Giokas, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice