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Justice official says teen who killed Sask. baby will need life-long treatment

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WATCH ABOVE: The hearing to determine if a girl guilty of killing a six-week-old baby should be sentenced as a youth or an adult continued in Saskatoon. Adam MacVicar reports – Dec 12, 2017

A justice official says a teen girl who killed a six-week-old Saskatoon baby will need to be treated for her psychological problems for the rest of her life.

A judge is to decide whether the teen, now 18, will be sentenced as a youth or an adult for the second-degree murder of Nikosis Jace Cantre in July 2016.

Jennifer Peterson, provincial co-ordinator for the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision program, testified Tuesday that a psychologist was concerned the teen was “borderline” functional.

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Peterson also said the girl has been diagnosed with conduct disorder, a condition with a pattern of violating other people’s rights and social norms.

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Peterson said the psychologist was uncertain whether the teen could be helped by the rehabilitative program, because she needs life-long treatment which the program can’t provide.

An adult second-degree murder sentence is life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 10 years, while a youth sentence is four years in custody and three years of probation.

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