I would like to say that the return of the American Judges Association blog was the result of a groundswell of public support. But that would be a fib. The truth is the AJA President Catherine Carlson is a very persuasive jurist. And so it is only fitting that the return of the blog begins with something from Canada.

A landmark sentence in Canada. A Canadian judge sentenced an “incel” killer as a terrorist for attacks on two women. It’s the first time in that country that the murder of a woman killed because of her gender has been labeled an act of terrorism. THE NEW YORK TIMES

The case represents the first time in Canada that the murder of a woman killed because of her gender has been prosecuted as an act of terrorism, a charge that increases the length of a prison sentence.

In a country that has grappled with recent, high-profile attacks against women, the case underscores how Canada is rethinking the classification of some violent acts as terrorism.