A.B., a young person, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Kenneth Lee, which occurred during a swarming incident involving eight youths.
The court considered the sentencing framework under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), emphasizing accountability, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
Key factors included A.B.'s active participation, intoxication, lack of knowledge about the knife, and significant pre-sentence custody, including unreasonable strip searches.
The court credited A.B. with 15 months of pre-sentence custody and imposed a 21-month Intensive Support and Supervision Program (ISSP) order concurrently with probation, along with ancillary orders.
