Rattlesnake was initially charged with first-degree murder.

[nmba@mstdn.ca]

Rattlesnake was initially charged with first-degree murder. That charge was reduced to second-degree murder before she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in September 2025.

Her guilty plea was opposed by Nina’s family and the Edmonton Police Service, who asked a provincial justice official to intervene, calling the proposed agreement a “miscarriage of justice” that should be reviewed.

On the first day of the sentencing hearing, the Crown recommended a nine-year sentence, noting the findings of a Gladue report. The defence was asking for seven years.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ashley-rattlesnake-nina-napope-dumais-sentencing-9.7108956

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