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Michael Briere's motive was sexual deviancy as he had admitted to watching child pornographic and decided to act on his impulses - he pleaded guilty to his crime in order (he claimed) to spare her family further distress: however he never truly showed remorse over his actions. Of particular note was the fact that although he claimed not to have planned or pre-meditated the crime, he decided immediately upon taking her into his apartment that he would need to kill her. He also commented that he had been unable, in the event, to commit rape (this was borne out by DNA evidence) and that the experience was not what he had imagined it would be. | Michael Briere's motive was sexual deviancy as he had admitted to watching child pornographic and decided to act on his impulses - he pleaded guilty to his crime in order (he claimed) to spare her family further distress: however he never truly showed remorse over his actions. Of particular note was the fact that although he claimed not to have planned or pre-meditated the crime, he decided immediately upon taking her into his apartment that he would need to kill her. He also commented that he had been unable, in the event, to commit rape (this was borne out by DNA evidence) and that the experience was not what he had imagined it would be. | ||
The sexual aspect of Briere's crime sparked a heated debate over pornography in Canada and for the crime of | The sexual aspect of Briere's crime sparked a heated and acrimonious debate over pornography in Canada and for the crime of first degree murder he was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 25 years. | ||
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