Kankam was 19 years old when he attacked his mother Georgina, stabbing her more than 50 times with a pair of kitchen knives
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The Alberta Court of Appeal has declined to free a man from the authority of the province’s mental health review board in part because of his marijuana use.
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Jordan Kankam, 28, was found not criminally responsible for repeatedly stabbing his mother in 2013 when he was in the midst of a psychotic episode. He has spent much of the intervening time detained at Alberta Hospital Edmonton undergoing treatment for schizophrenia, which multiple doctors have said is in remission.
While the Alberta Review Board recently permitted Kankam to live in a group home, it ruled last year that he still poses a “significant” threat to public safety and must remain under supervision indefinitely.
After an appeal hearing last Wednesday, the Court of Appeal agreed.
“It was not disputed that Mr. Kankam’s schizophrenia was in remission and that he was compliant with his medication,” the three-judge panel…
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Kankam was 19 years old when he attacked his mother Georgina, stabbing her more than 50 times with a pair of kitchen knives
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The Alberta Court of Appeal has declined to free a man from the authority of the province’s mental health review board in part because of his marijuana use.
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Jordan Kankam, 28, was found not criminally responsible for repeatedly stabbing his mother in 2013 when he was in the midst of a psychotic episode. He has spent much of the intervening time detained at Alberta Hospital Edmonton undergoing treatment for schizophrenia, which multiple doctors have said is in remission.
While the Alberta Review Board recently permitted Kankam to live in a group home, it ruled last year that he still poses a “significant” threat to public safety and must remain under supervision indefinitely.
After an appeal hearing last Wednesday, the Court of Appeal agreed.
“It was not disputed that Mr. Kankam’s schizophrenia was in remission and that he was compliant with his medication,” the three-judge panel…
