Matthew Brush's sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years does not bring any solace to the man who lost a friend and a child when Cassandra Kaake was murdered.
Jeff Durham, father of Kaake's unborn fetus, says to him no matter what sentence Brush received, there is no justice.
"I think justice is more than just a measurement of time. It's acknowledgement of a crime and there's a crime here that is not acknowledged. He killed Cassie and he murdered our daughter," says Durham.
Since 2015, Durham has been advocating for changes to the legal system that would recognize a second life was lost when Brush murdered Kaake.
Though the judge recognized Kaake's pregnancy as a vulnerability and an aggravating factor in the sentencing, Brush could not be charged with a second murder under Canadian law.
Many say recognizing the unborn child under Canadian law would jeopardize women's rights to abortion. Durham believes the law should recognize that Kaake made the choice to have the baby and to them there was a second life lost.
"I'll keep trying to find a way to get people to acknowledge that Cassie's choice wasn't protected and there isn't any protection for the choice of women like Cassie," says Durham.
