Christopher Jung, a 73-year-old Toronto taxi driver originally from Poland, was “the happiest he’d been in a long time” in October 2021 — the COVID lockdowns had eased, and could finally return to work. He wouldn’t live to see November. On an evening shift Oct. 24, a teen he had driven to Scarborough would reach under the plexiglass divider with his handgun and fire a fatal seven shots into his body.

That teen, known only as I.T., was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury earlier this year, which would normally mean a life sentence and no parole for at least 10 years. But last week, he was handed a youth sentence of four years in jail by Justice Shaun Nakatsuru, to be followed by another three on house arrest.

Why? Because only a few months ago, the Supreme Court of Canada dec

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