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Crown appeals sentences for convicted killers Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank

Mar 13, 2018 | 6:02 AM

EDMONTON- The Crown is appealing sentences handed to two central Alberta men convicted of murdering a family whose bodies were found in the charred remains of their home near Castor.

Notice of the appeals claim the sentences for Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years were “demonstrably unfit.”

The Crown had argued that the two men deserved the maximum of 75 years without hope of parole for what the prosecution called a contract killing of sorts.

In January, Justice Eric Macklin found Klaus and Frank guilty on three counts of first degree murder following trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. Both men are appealing their convictions and their sentences.