Dr. Ivan Zinger at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On November 18th, 2010. See this statement in context.

November 18th, 2010 / 5:20 p.m.

Executive Director and General Counsel, Office of the Correctional Investigator

Certainly. The first study is called “Life Sentence for First-Degree Murder--Canada and the International Equivalents: Eligibility and Average Time Served”. This is a document that was published by Public Safety Canada--the Solicitor General at the time--dated February 17, 1999. We just requested the update. The update is again a Public Safety Canada document called “Average Time Incarcerated for First-Degree Murder Conviction: A 2005 Update”. It basically highlights some of the legal structures of legal systems in various jurisdictions.

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