2024-01-14 02:53:48
A member of the Brothers Keepers gang was sentenced to life in prison for murder and attempted murder, and the lyrics of his rap songs played against him during the verdict.
The judge handed down the sentence this week, saying “artistic expression” was one of the things that allowed her to reach her verdict.
Tyrel Nguyen was therefore convicted of two murders and two attempted murders, reported the “Vancouver Sun”.
According to the newspaper, the gang member confessed to the murder of one of his victims in a clip in which he said he shot the man several times, including once in the head.
The lyrics that were used in the trial allegedly relate to the murder of Randy Kang, who was killed in 2017 in Surrey, British Columbia.
According to British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper, “artistic expression” was first used in Canada in 1996, when a rooming house resident was convicted of murder in the second degree after police found a poem in his bedroom.
Although the process has been used dozens of times in Canada since then, critics say it targets rap lyrics more and could therefore “be unfair to black Canadians and other minorities,” according to a Canadian law expert. cited in the article.
According to research by David Tanovich, professor at Windsor University, 36 examples cited in trials concern rap lyrics, compared to only one case of metal-punk, which was not included.
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