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Article: Family outraged by minimal sentence (OPP killing of Native protester).
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- August 1, 1997
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The Ontario Provincial Police officer who was convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed Aboriginal land claim protester will serve 10 hours of community service each month for the next 18 months.
On July 3, acting-Sgt. Kenneth Deane -- who Ontario Judge Hugh Fraser ruled lied to investigating officers and an Ontario court in an attempt to avoid punishment -- was sentenced to serve two years less a day in jail. But, because of relatively new changes to the Criminal Code of Canada, the veteran OPP officer will not serve any jail time.
Recent changes to the criminal code give judges the option to decide if society's best interests will be served by jailing ...