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A Calgary judge knocked two years off a 10-year sentence he would have given a man who terrorized and repeatedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl he met when he was 25 because the offender is Indigenous.

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The man of Cree heritage on his mother’s side, who first met the girl on Instagram, is identified only as RJM in a decision from the Alberta Court of Justice . His victim, who he assaulted and threatened to kill multiple times between the spring and fall of 2023, is identified as AB.

“The offender repeatedly had sexual intercourse with her knowing that he held the power in the situation not only because of their age difference but also because he had inflicted physical harm on her and psychological terror to ensure

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