Alberta judge discounts 'violent' sexual assault sentence for ex-football player with Indigenous roots

An Alberta judge recently discounted the prison sentence for a former university football player with Indigenous roots who bled profusely while sexually assaulting a woman, despite her repeated protests over the attack.

An Edmonton jury found Aaron Moore Minshull, whose mother is Indigenous, guilty of the July 18, 2020, “major sexual assault.” A Court of King’s Bench judge sentenced him to three years in prison.

“In deciding on this sentence, I have taken into account the mitigating factors regarding Mr.