dealing with the stress of raising children and dealing with life. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his two children. The trial began on April 12, 2011, and on July 5, the jury rendered a verdict of not criminally responsible due to mental disorder (adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressive moods). The prosecution successfully appealed the verdict on grounds that the trial judge, the Honourable Mr. Justice Marc David, of the Superior Court, District of Terrebonne, had erred in law, mainly with respect to the issue of self-induced methanol intoxication in conjunction with a mental disorder. Psychiatric treatment and second trial In 2012, Turcotte said that he was better than he was before the brutal stabbings in February 2009; he felt less shame, less guilt, had more self-esteem, and was ready to be released. Testifying before a mental health review board to determine whether to keep Turcotte another year at the Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal or release him to the care of his family, Turcotte said he was not a danger to anyone. Turcotte's lawyer, Pierre Poupart, announced in 2014 that he wanted to go to the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to challenge the appeals court ruling. Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc David, who presided over the first trial, postponed the date-setting until April 4, 2014 and said any new trial would not take place before March 2015. After spending 46 months in psychiatric care before being deemed fit for release from a mental institution, Turcotte remained behind bars awaiting trial. On September 12, 2014, he was released on a $100,000 bail, and a new trial was scheduled for September 2015. In December 2015, Turcotte was found guilty of second-degree murder of his two children. On January 15, 2016, he was sentenced to life in prison, with 17 years before he can be eligible for parole. Short film In 2014, Canadian director Chloë Bellande released a seventeen-minute short-film entitled Will of Fortune, which was inspired by the murder trials of Turcotte and a woman, Susan Wright, who had stabbed her husband nearly 200 times and buried his body in their back yard in Houston, Texas. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2014. References Living people Canadian murderers of children Canadian cardiologists 2009 in Quebec Crime in Quebec 1972 births