- Christian Basarowich was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Thursday, Feb.18th
- He was convicted at a trial of Possession of Drugs for the Purpose of Trafficking and other firearms offences.
- He was arrested in September 2007
- $100,000 worth of cocaine, marijuana, ecstacy, ketamine and meth were found at his residence.
- He also possessed $5100 in cash and three handguns with ammunition.
- At the time of his arrest, he had only served one month of a two year conditional sentence that he had received from a previous drug conviction in August 2007.
- Judge said, "a lenghier sentence would have a crushing effect on him and may impede his focus on rehabilitating his life."
- I would argue, that 9 years is a lengthy sentence!! You are impeding his focus of rehabilitation by sentencing him for that long!
- Christian said he is "ready to turn his back on the drug world and grow up."
I was predicting earlier that this man would be sentenced anywhere from 5-7 years in prison but I think 9 years is too harsh. This man wants to turn his life around and by sending him to prison, is not giving him that opportunity. He will be eligible for full parole after serving 3 years and I sure hope he gets in or at the worst, statutory release after serving 6 years.
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