Judge criticizes sentence recommendation for Gabriel Sohier Chaput
Sohier Chaput was convicted in January in connection with an article he wrote for the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website.
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Sohier Chaput was convicted in January in connection with an article he wrote for the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website.
Both the prosecution and the defence today recommended a three-month sentence, followed by probation, for Gabriel Sohier Chaput, who was convicted of promoting hatred against Jews.
MONTREAL — To advocate for Nazism is to call for the persecution of Jews, a Quebec court judge ruled Monday in a decision against a 36-year-old man who wrote hundreds of online articles for an American neo-Nazi website.
To advocate for Nazism is to call for the persecution of Jews, a Quebec court judge ruled on Monday, January 23, 2023, in a decision against a 36-year-old man who wrote hundreds of online articles for an American neo-Nazi website.
MONTREAL — The lawyer for a Montreal man accused of wilfully promoting hatred against Jews argued in court on Friday that the prosecution failed to properly define Nazism or present evidence about what happened during the Holocaust.