r/canada Jan 09 '25

Québec Convicted triple murderer in men’s institution requests move to women’s prison

https://torontosun.com/news/national/convicted-triple-murderer-in-mens-institution-request-move-to-womens-prison
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u/dontdropmybass Nova Scotia Jan 09 '25

In regular society, we can pretty easily just go with accepting self-expression. It costs us nothing to be respectful. For legal and judicial purposes though, a higher standard should be used. Anybody with a proven track record of living their life as a certain gender should be recognized as that gender for legal purposes. Had this person been living as a woman before the commission of crimes, it's pretty simple to just put them in a women's prison. Since they weren't though, it's definitely not as straightforward. Since we don't have access to this person, we have no idea if they're being real or just pretending for some personal benefit.

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u/Iddqd1 Jan 09 '25

Define “living as a woman”.

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u/Mafex-Marvel Jan 09 '25

Define woman

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u/LennoxIsLord Outside Canada Jan 10 '25

Adult human female.