The Canadian Injustice System

10 years for taking a life? Eligible for parole in 3 years. The sins of the parents influenced the judge's judgement. Another left wing bleeding heart injustice.

Cabbie killer gets 10 years

By SAM PAZZANO, COURTS BUREAU

A crack-addicted bandit who killed Toronto cab driver Morteza "Johnny" Khorassani was sentenced yesterday to 10 years.

Shane Smith, 20, who was acquitted of second-degree murder but found guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter, had a tragic background with two addict and criminal parents, said Justice Brian Trafford.

Smith stabbed the 42-year-old cabbie in what Trafford called "a senseless and random act of violence."

Khorassani staggered out of his Able Atlantic cab, mortally wounded by Smith, a customer he'd just picked up in that night in September 2005.

The death devastated a loving and stable family and deprived them of a kind, generous patriarch, Trafford said.

Both of Smith's parents were addicted to drugs and sent to prison for crimes. But these aren't excuses for the heart-breaking events of Sept. 6, 2005, Trafford said.