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1st teen sentenced in Kenneth Lee case gets 15 months probation (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The first teenage girl to be sentenced in the 2022 death of Toronto homeless man Kenneth Lee will not face any more time in custody and will instead spend time on probation while participating in a community-based program for young people with mental health issues.

The girl, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was 13 at the time of the December 18, 2022 attack in downtown Toronto, was credited for 15 months of effective pre-trial custody and will serve another 15 months of probation under an Intensive Support and Supervision Program, which is designed as an alternative to custody for youth who have been diagnosed with mental health disorders.

Justice David Stewart Rose says the sentence reflects that the teen has taken accountability for her actions by pleading guilty, and experienced institutional malfeasance while in custody, such as being forced to strip naked during searches.

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

She was 13 years old.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What happened to her was wrong.

That doesn't change the fact that she, and her friends, are murderers and deserve to spend a long time in a real correctional facility. They literally swarmed and murdered a man over a bottle of liquor at the ages of 13-16. They aren't children, they are teenagers, and absolutely knew what they were doing and thought they could get away with it.

Low and behold, a light sentence for a violent criminal. With likely more light sentences to come for the rest of them.

ADHD isn't an excuse for murder. Her age doesn't change the crime. Peer pressure is a bullshit excuse.

Every person involved with strip searching a minor seven times, and not getting her to her court dates, should also face the full extent of the law. Which as you were already told is a separate issue from the murder that took place, and shouldn't impact the sentencing of a murderer.