What are some cases where an inmate has been convicted of attempted murder?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Pyke, 2012 NSSC 187 (CanLII):
Defence counsel has submitted several cases: The Queen v. Cragg, [2009] B.C.J. No. 1015 where the accused stabbed a fellow inmate in the throat was convicted of attempted murder. He was sentenced to a period of four years and the trial judge considered the accused’s lack of remorse, his guilty plea, his young age, medical issues, his difficult life and the fact that this was his first adult sentence.
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