Time to end mandatory minimum-sentences for murder: Indigenous women vastly overrepresented among those sentenced to life

 By: Debra Parkes What’s wrong with mandatory minimum sentences? Plenty. Especially when it comes to murder. High profile serial murderers come to mind when Canadians think of murder convictions: Bernardo, Olson, Pickton. Few turn their minds to the 18-year-old Indigenous teen who kills her abusive drug dealer. Such a situation can amount