Arizona Lagimodiere received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 16 years, while Trystin Spyglass got 17 years for manslaughter.
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“Mr. Roy’s children are going to have a very hard life because of what theses offenders did,” Justice Brian Scherman said when responding to the role of intergenerational trauma in the lives of Arizona Sky Lagimodiere and Trystin Spyglass.Article content Dewar and defence lawyers Erin Little and Mike Nolin jointly submitted a 17-year sentence for Spyglass, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and a life sentence for Lagimodiere, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, with no chance of parole for 16 years.
She said it’s something seen all too often in the justice system: young Indigenous men who reach out to gangs because they are alone and searching for connection. Both men are longtime gang members and drug dealers, but their prior criminal records are not as violent as one might expect, court heard. Nolin pointed out that their likelihood of reoffending is high, but not necessarily reoffending violently.Article content
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