During the 20th century, there were many outlaws and crimes that made history and left their mark on society. The murder of Quebec prison guard Dianne Lavigne, in Montreal, by Hells Angels members Stephane "Godass" Gagne and Andre "Touts" Tousignant under the orders of Maurice "Mom" Boucher was one such exact case. Based on the Hells Angels' attempt to destabilize the justice system, her assassination and that of Pierre Rondeau not long after were committed in 1997. As will become evident, the murder of Dianne Lavigne led to the incarceration of those responsible, the repression of policing of motorcycle activity and public revulsion by generating fear within the justice system. Not long after the murder of Dianne Lavigne on June 26, 1997, perpetrators began receiving penalties for their actions. Stephane Gagne, the shooter in both murders, was arrested on December 5, 1997. He pleaded guilty to Dianne's murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He cut a deal with the prosecution in which he received $140 a month for prison privileges and $400 a month for his son. In exchange, he agreed to be the star witness in the first-degree murder lead against "Mom" Boucher for both murders in 2002. Boucher told Tousignant, who was the second shooter in the killing, to stay low. Instead, he became involved in a drunken argument in a saloon that raised concerns that he was a loose cannon. Boucher took precautions to ensure that it would not be another informant used in his trial and on December 6, 1997 he called "Touts". He was later found on February 7, 1998 near Bromont without fingers and burned with several bullet wounds. Boucher was first tried in 1998 for masterminding the murders in...... middle of paper ......ebec-police-1.821947Langton, Jerry. Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick in the Canadian Hells Angels. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons Canada, 2006.Schneider, Stephen. Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada. Mississauga: John Wiley and Sons, 2009.Sher, Julian and Marsden, William. The Road to Hell: How Biker Gangs Are Taking Over Canada. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2003. Showmafia1. “Documentary Gang-Hells Angels-Montreal, Canada.” YouTube video 44:22. Published by "showmafia1", March 3, 2013, accessed March 12, 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDKdgjrhws.Wilton, Katherine. “Ex-Hells Angels hitman seeks parole under 'faint hope' clause” The Gazette (Montreal), March 3, 2014. Accessed March 14, 2014. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Hells +Angels+ search+soon+word+under+swoon+hope+clause/9573973/story.html.
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