Crown lawyers say that second-degree murder is not enough for the father and stepmother of a Calgary girl who died back in November 2011.
Marie Magoon and Spencer Jordan were found guilty earlier this month in the second-degree murder of Meika Jordan.
The girl’s biological father and stepmother were originally charged with first-degree murder but Justice Rosemary Nation said then that both of the accused had delivered blows that could have caused Meika’s death.
The pair is already facing an automatic life sentence in connection with the crime, but a second-degree murder conviction will vary the time spent behind bars before parole to a period between 10 to 25 years.
A first-degree murder charge will lock the time spent in jail before parole at the maximum 25 years.
Meika Jordan, aged six, was taken to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in November 2011 suffering from a number of injuries.
She died from those injuries, which officials say were caused by blunt force trauma.
Crown lawyers at the time of conviction said they would be seeking the maximum amount of time in prison for Magoon and Jordan, given the ‘heinous nature’ of the facts.
Sentencing has been set for September 18, 2015.
