Court Strikes Down Consecutive Life Sentences; Mosque Shooter Has Prison Term Cut

Court Strikes Down Consecutive Life Sentences; Mosque Shooter Has Prison Term Cut
Alexandre Bissonnette arrives at the court house in Quebec City on Feb. 21, 2017. The Canadian Press/Mathieu Belanger
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QUEBEC—The man who murdered six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 will be eligible to apply for parole in 25 years rather than 40, the province’s highest court ruled Thursday as it declared the section of the Criminal Code allowing consecutive life sentences unconstitutional.

Alexandre Bissonnette, 30, was sentenced in February 2019 to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 40 years.