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Serial sex offender who held people hostage at Pinel Institute denied parole

Alain Ducap is serving a sentence that began in 1983 and expanded as he reoffended while out on release.

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Quebec Court of Appeal orders new trial for man convicted of murdering bikers

In 2019, Richard Hunt was found guilty of the first-degree murders of Rock Machine members Joseph Fluet and Steven Lamarsh.

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Crown seeks indefinite sentence for man who committed 8 bank robberies in...

Prosecutor Simon Lapierre said recent evaluations revealed Robert Pallagi "is on the fringe of psychopathy."

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Blogger says his posts were directed at feminists who were too aggressive

Jean-Claude Rochefort, 73, is charged with inciting hatred toward women by posting items in 2019 about the École Polytechnique massacre.

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Convicted murderer Jean-Guy Lambert seeks earlier access to parole from jury

"You are not being asked to let Mr. Lambert out on the street tomorrow. It will be up to the Parole Board of Canada to make that decision."

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Man charged with inciting hatred toward women says online posts were 'a bit...

"(Feminists) turned it into a historic event, like the end of World War Two."

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"I'm not the same guy now," man convicted of murder for hire testifies

"It's not in me to kill someone. I'm not capable of it."

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Supreme Court won't hear appeal of Ugo Fredette's murder conviction

He had argued that he didn't intend to kill either victim and wanted the jury to find him guilty of manslaughter.

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Man asking for early access to parole admits he lied about contract killing

"I told the police all kinds of things," said Jean-Guy Lambert, who is serving a life sentence for murder and attempted murder in 1997.

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Two suspects face murder charges in connection with slaying in Longueuil...

The pair are "persons of interest" in connection with the murder of a 54-year-old woman whose body was found in her car in a parking lot.

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Blogger tried to turn Polytechnique killer into a hero to inspire men, court...

"Here we have comments that are the worst form of hate, where men are being invited to kill women," prosecutor Roxane Laporte says.

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Man who fired toward group of people in Montreal North gets 8-year prison term

Michaino Bruno was the last person to be charged in the assault on Pietro Poletti, a retired police detective who was assaulted in his home.

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Woman who embezzled $745,000 from Clair de Lune sentenced to house arrest

"She completely recognized the seriousness of the acts she posed and she didn't try to mitigate anything."

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Former PQ leader André Boisclair pleads guilty to sexual assault charges

The former PQ cabinet minister admitted he sexually assaulted two men in 2014 and in 2015.

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Man who sold firearms to undercover agents gets 8-year prison term

He was among a dozen people arrested in 2020 as part of a Montreal police investigation into a network selling firearms in and around Montreal.

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Canadian killed at Mexican beach resort was a wanted man in Montreal

Court records show that Raphaël Huppé stopped showing up for court dates in two fraud cases brought against him in 2014 and 2015.

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Hearing for man who attacked 10-year-old girl delayed by defence lawyer

The lawyer for Tanvir Singh refused to have a summary of what happened to the victim be made public. Singh attacked the girl in Pointe-aux-Trembles in March.

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Convicted murderer should be able to request parole earlier, jury decides

Jean-Guy Lambert, 76, is serving a life sentence for his role in a 1997 shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.

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Man who attacked 10-year-old girl will have short trial in July

Prosecutor Annabelle Sheppard said the circumstances of the case "are very troubling and serious."

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Career criminal who left bank client paralyzed during holdup gets day parole

"The board felt a real and sincere motivation to continue on the right track, it warns you, however, that this process will take a long time and that you must not rush anything."

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