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This enactment amends the Criminal Code and imposes the death
penalty in all cases of first degree murder committed by a person
eighteen years of age or more.
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In addition, it provides that a person convicted of second degree
murder may no longer apply to a judge for a reduction in the time to be
served before the person is eligible for release or parole. This is also the
case for a person under the age of eighteen who has been convicted of
first degree murder and sentenced under the Criminal Code to
imprisonment for life.
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The enactment also changes the length of the prison terms that can
be imposed under the Young Offenders Act on people under the age of
eighteen who have committed first degree murder or second degree
murder.
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