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Dean Robert Zimmerman

By Xyron Brual

Crime Committed

  • Dean Robert Zimmerman is a violent sex offender
  • He was convicted of multiple sexual assaults all of which involved a weapon
  • His second sexual assault in 2005 involved a torture session with a toilet plunger and a 24-year-old Edmonton woman

Crime Committed

Sentence given

  • Zimmerman was sentenced to six years in the Bowden Institution in Alberta, Canada
  • He spent three years in prison and was released early under the condition that he be monitored for two years by a police high-risk offender program
  • He also had to stay at an approved address and be there at particular times

Opinion on the Case

  • It seems like he recieved a very lenient sentence considering what he's done
  • It was also a mistake allowing him to be released early considering he is described as a high-risk offender
  • It can especially be seen as a mistake when you realize that he breached the conditions of his release and was a fugitive for a while

Suggested Sentence

  • Based on the information given on his crime, it seems that his sentence was most likely based on section 272(2)(a)(ii) of the Criminal Code which states that a second offence of sexual assault with a weapon is indictable for a sentence of seven years
  • In my opinion, he should have been convicted under section 273(2)(b) which states in any other case the sentence would be imprisonment for life
  • My decision comes from the fact that Zimmerman didn't just inflict wounds but tortured the woman for several hours
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