In May, 1997, MacDonald, then 51, walked into a bar where OPP Const. Tom Coffin was having a drink, put a loaded gun to the back of Coffin's head and pulled the trigger.You'd better save some of your outrage, my friends... it gets better.
In January, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that MacDonald should be moved from the maximum security prison at Joyceville, near Kingston, to an institution closer to his home, relatives and friends.
If that weren't sufficient cause to wonder about our system the federal court also ordered that MacDonald be reimbursed $4,000 for court costs.I don't get it.
"As a cop-killer, MacDonald has status among prisoners," says Walsh. "It's my understanding he's extremely litigious, and earlier got something like $3,500 in an action against guards."
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RELATED: Remember all those new Toronto taxes?
Thank goodness they're being put to good use...
Toronto taxpayers are poised to shell out $12,500 to dress up the exterior of a west-end strip joint.**********
Municipal officials have confirmed that the House of Lancaster, on Bloor St. W. just east of Lansdowne Ave., received approval for the grant under the city's commercial facade improvement program.
BODY COUNT: Bright lights, big city
-- Edmonton -- Police are investigating the city's fifth homicide of the year following an autopsy report yesterday revealing the victim died of strangulation.*
Beverly Parker, 49, was found lying face-down in the snow in front of her fourplex unit at 1828 Lakewood Rd. South in Mill Woods early Friday.
