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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 05:59 PM Aug 2014

Montreal teen gay basher will not face prison time

Yeah, I'll bet she's learned her lesson, huh?

CTV News Montreal
Published Monday, August 4, 2014 6:18PM EDT

Montreal teen gay basher will not face prison time

A 19-year-old woman who beat up a man in the Gay Village two years ago will not have to spend any time in prison.

The young woman was granted a conditional pardon Monday, but will be required to serve 50 hours of community service. She will be on probation for a year.

The victim, Jean-Sebastien Boudreault, was exiting a bar at closing time during Gay Pride celebrations in August 2012, when the woman and two men attacked him...

...Boudreault wasn't the only person attacked that night. The woman and the two men with her attacked five other people in the Village during a spree of gay bashings.

Read more: http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-teen-gay-basher-will-not-face-prison-time-1.1945753#ixzz39kJKXMoC
(Graphic warning -- photo of Boudreault's battered face at link.)



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Montreal teen gay basher will not face prison time (Original Post) theHandpuppet Aug 2014 OP
Can't people just live and let live?! shenmue Aug 2014 #1
I am not sure that prison teaches anything useful. Live and Learn Aug 2014 #2
Avoiding prison could also send the message that some victims aren't so important. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #3

Live and Learn

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2. I am not sure that prison teaches anything useful.
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 06:10 PM
Aug 2014

I would think some form of restitution to the young man would be most helpful.

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