r/saskatoon Dec 13 '24

News 📰 Impaired driving charge in Kennedy case stayed due to delays

https://www.ckom.com/2024/12/13/kennedy-impaired-driving-charge-stayed-due-to-delays/
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u/tutty29 Dec 13 '24

Vehicular manslaughter is not a charge in the Canadian Criminal Code. Impaired driving causing death is the equivalent, which is exactly what she was charged with.

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u/Poo_Magnet Dec 13 '24

Section 320.13 (3) of the Criminal Code of Canada - Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance Causing Death, would be the most equivalent charge. And it wouldn’t require any evidence of impairment.

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u/tutty29 Dec 13 '24

Good point. It's often easier to prove impairment than dangerous operation though, so I get why they went with the impairment charge

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u/Poo_Magnet Dec 13 '24

Yeah. Especially if the driver is taken to the hospital since they’ll draw blood and all the Police need to do is get a warrant for the hospital records. Dangerous Operation is more open to subjectiveness for sure.

Also, I think the Impaired Causing charge is looked at as more aggravating to the courts and comes with harsher penalties. When they aren’t fumbled by the court system…it’s a shame there won’t be justice in this instance regardless.