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Three teens in Vancouver recieved sentences after pleading guilty to manslaughter. 14 year old Justin Vasey was found behind a derelict house in Surrey on February 25th 2008. Ages 15, 16 and 17, the three were originally charged with second-degree murder on July 16. They were charged as adults in Surry Provincial Court which ordered a DNA sample from each and placed restrictions on their ability to buy firearms for 10 years.

In this case, the teens' side was the same as the prosecutors. They pleaded guilty to the charge of murder against them. Justin Vasey died after bing beaten and stabbed. All three murderers--two girls and a boy--were sentenced as adults.

The prosecutors held the same stor. Justin Vasey was murdered and hidden behind a house, found in late February of 2008. Court records show that Cody Allen Pelletier, an adult connected with the murder, had several run-ins with the law and was convicted of several things, including threats, mischeif under $5000, assault and two counts of breaching his probation and robbery. All three younger accomplices have also had past run-ins with the police. Investigators claim that Vasey made friends with his four killers within 10 days of his death.

Two of the teens recieved five-year sentences, while the other recieved a 4 1/2 year sentence. Cody Pelletier will be sentenced on November 16th in Surrey.

I think that for a murder case, the ruling was incredibly unjust to Justin Vasey. A five year sentence is not fair compensation for taking someone's life. Even if it is an adolsecent. I think if it were a group of full grown adults, the penalty would probably have been life in prison or the death penalty. I would change the length of the sentence if I could change anything. I understand that since they're teenagers, the sentence should be shorter, but not five years. I would probably change it to something along the lines of ten or fifteen.

Lindell, R. (2009, October 29). //Three teens sentenced as adults in slaying of 14-year-old in surrey//. Retrieved from []