Court rules imposing consecutive periods of parole ineligibility is unconstitutional.
Canada's highest court has ruled Alexandre Bissonnette, who killed six people at a Quebec City mosque in 2017, can apply for parole after 25 years.
The Supreme Court ruled today that imposing consecutive periods of parole ineligibility in the event of multiple first-degree murders is unconstitutional.
The Court says a Criminal Code provision passed in 2011 that allowed judges to make such a move violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In 2019, Bissonnette pleaded guilty to six charges of first-degree murder in the January 2017 incident.
He was originally sentenced to life in prison without parole eligibility for 40 years.
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