The Free Press: ‘Appropriate, necessary:’ court to hold special hearing for family of serial killer’s victim

Brandon Trask, an associate professor of law at the University of Manitoba, said he has never seen a situation where the court, long after sentencing an offender, held a special sitting for “retroactive” victim and community-impact statements.

“Realistically, because first-degree murder comes with a mandatory life sentence without parole eligibility for a minimum of 25 years, there would be no impact on the length of the sentence for Jeremy Skibicki in this case,” he said.

“While I understand that these are tragic and unique circumstances, it is important to guard against the risk of this situation setting a potentially problematic precedent.”

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