Man Fatally Stabs Other Man Over How Long to Cook a Pizza Pop in the Microwave

[kwajo]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...nce-pizza.html

Fatal knife fight over Pizza Pop nets Halifax man 5 years
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 11:53 AM AT Comments39Recommend29
CBC News
A Halifax man has been sentenced to five years in prison for stabbing another man to death in a fight over frozen food.

Brandon John Anderson, 18, was sentenced Monday in youth court after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

Paul Saunders, 21, of Quebec died after a knife-fight at a party at a Halifax apartment on April 5. He was stabbed in the chest and back.

The court heard that the party was loud and raucous, and both men had been drinking. They reached for knives after a disagreement over how long frozen Pizza Pops should be cooked in a microwave oven.

Judge Pam Williams called it a "shockingly pointless episode," the Chronicle Herald reported.

Anderson, 17 at the time of the stabbing, was sentenced as an adult to five years behind bars, minus a year for time served.

He can serve the next couple of years in a youth jail, but will be transferred to a federal prison when he turns 20.

I don't know whether this incident automatically nominates them for a Darwin Award, but it comes awfully close.

[Beebo]

The guy only gets 5 years for killing someone???

[kwajo]

The guy only gets 5 years for killing someone???

Probably because he was a youth at the time of the incident.

[ryantheporchkid]

The guy only gets 5 years for killing someone???

That's what I was thinking. I remember seeing an episode of Law and Order when a guy was murdered at a party, and the murderer got leniency because he was drunk. McCoy dropped the ball on that one. It was easily the most passive cross-examination I've ever seen him give.

[ElPigto]

The guy only gets 5 years for killing someone???

This isn't the USA where we will shove the law up an eight years old a$$.

[JayGuevara]

I'm confused how he only got manslaughter for purposely stabbing somebody to death over a frozen pizza.

I could accidentally give a white girl a paper cut and get felonious assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder and statutory rape for no reason.

[bada bing]

This isn't the USA where we will shove the law up an eight years old a$$.

not that I am in support of that, but sometimes you need to scare the public with harsher rules so such things never take place. We now have a justice system that is crowded by lawyers who are trying to break the system and free the guilty. People aren't afraid of the consequences anymore and commit whatever acts they want be it against woman, older people, kids or public/private property. The law needs to strike fear so when people try to do something ridiculous as this, they should think twice. When they do, everyone is safe and the innocent do not die.

[Styles p]

i wonder if he ate the pizza after he killed him. and who was right about the preparation time/temp.

[gts]

some people take pizza too serious

[dnyk1337]

The world needs to take some punishment tips from Francisco Franco. Only in his time was a virgin able to walk from one end of the country to the other with a million dollars in her bag and never be touched.

[SCY]

If the fact he was a minor played a role, that's retarded. A 17-year old should be expected to know the difference between right and wrong. I'm hoping there was at least some question as to whether he was defending himself since both parties had a knife. Even still 5 years just seems ridiculous.

[canadianballer]

1 minute 10 seconds one side
11 seconds other
no questions asked

[canadianballer]

usually the pizza pop is bursting by the time its done. pillsbury kind at least

[kwajo]

In my old microwave it took like 4-5 minutes to cook a Pizza Pop, damn that thing sucked (I think it was from the early 80s).

[UD]

1 minute 10 seconds one side
11 seconds other
no questions asked

I'm going to stab the sh!t out of you.