Convicted Murderer Wins Smoke Lawsuit

Vlado Maljkovich slit the throat of his wife and then his daughter, killing both. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two life terms in prison. When he got to the Fenbrook Correctional Institution in Gravenhurst, he found that the air was smoky because the ventilated air from the smoking sections was not isolated from the non-smoking sections. As a result, Maljkovich sued.

From TorontoSun.com:

A Toronto convict serving a life sentence for the vicious murder of his wife and daughter has won a precedent-setting judgment against the federal government for being exposed to second-hand smoke in jail.

Vlado Maljkovich, who is in his mid-60s, was awarded $5,000 in a federal court judgment released yesterday after a judge found the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) failed to provide him with a healthy environment as mandated by law while he was at the Fenbrook Correctional Institution in Gravenhurst.

In my opinion, the court ruling is incomplete. The judge should have specified that Maljkovich never be subjected to having to breathe air with second-hand smoke. Instead, for his entire term of incarceration, the CSC should provide him with an adequate quantity of fresh, pure carbon monoxide. The stipulation should also be extended to include the prison environment for all throat-slashing multiple murderers.