A Toronto judge told a convicted killer on Monday that he will face a life sentence with no chance of parole for 15 years, though that could change while a different judge decides if he should receive credit for being assaulted by jail guards at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in December 2023.
One possibility is that Lawrence Bruce could walk free, despite what Justice Peter Bawden described as the highly aggravating circumstances of him shooting an unarmed victim in a public place as he was fleeing. He was under a firearms prohibition stemming from an earlier gun‑possession case, which led to him spending a year in prison.
