Time Immortal

Ryan Huppie thought he could get away with it, too. Now he’s up for classification as a “dangerous offender,” which is about the harshest punishment we hand out in Canada anymore. It’s basically just what the post title says: indefinite incarceration.

Huppie deserves it:

An Edmonton man who claimed he was in a drug-induced psychosis when he raped and viciously slashed a school vice-principal he had a crush on, has been convicted.

And now the 24-year-old faces being locked up indefinitely as the Crown told the judge it will be seeking to have him declared a dangerous offender. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Terry Clackson ruled yesterday he did not accept that Ryan Huppie is not criminally responsible as a result of a mental disorder for the Feb. 17, 2004, attack at a downtown condo.

“There is every reason to believe that the accused was intoxicated on the night in question,” said Clackson in his 18-page written decision.

“However, the events described by (the victim) compel me to the conclusion that the accused knew what he was about and intended to end her life,” wrote Clackson.

“I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he had the necessary murderous intent.”

Huppie, as I understand it, had previously bragged to a friend that he could get away with the crime by pleading psychosis due to intoxication. It’s good to see that he ended up in front of a judge with no taste for that sort of B.S.