Indigenous killer’s race a mitigating factor as appeal court reduces his jail term – National Post
Feb 25, 2026
‘By imposing this sentence, I do not for a moment diminish the seriousness of his crime. A vulnerable man, living with cerebral palsy, senselessly died when attacked in his own home’
An Indigenous Ontario man has swapped a life sentence for 12 years in prison for killing a disabled drug dealer.
Kenneth Morrison was convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the July 7, 2018, home invasion in Kitchener, Ont., that left Shaun Yorke, 46, dead with a bullet in his chest. Morrison and an accomplice were both sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. But Morrison successfully appealed his case to Ontario’s top court, which set aside his murder conviction, substituted a conviction for manslaughter, and sentenced him again.
