Colonel WIlliams "ashamed" of his crimes

A judge has sentenced Col. Russell Williams to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for the first-degree murders of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd. The decorated former commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton was also sentenced in Ontario Superior Court in Belleville on Thursday to 10 years for each of his two sexual assaults, as well as a year for each of the other 84 lesser charges he faced. Just before sentencing, Williams told Justice Robert F. Scott he is "indescribably ashamed" of the crimes he's committed, and especially apologized to the families of the two murdered women, Comeau and Lloyd.

This is a shocking and horrific story. The immoral and disgusting nature of Williams' crimes speaks for itself. Furthermore, the fact that he was such a well respected and high ranking officer in Canada's Armed Forces truly is, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, "a disgrace." Crimes like those perpetrated by Williams can only leave one feeling sympathy for the victims and their families, and anger that such heinous acts occur in our society.