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Another court decision critical of how the prosecution handled the most significant criminal case ever brought against the Hells Angels in Quebec has reduced the sentences 35 bikers received for conspiring to murder their enemies.

The sentences were reduced in a ruling released on Wednesday by the Quebec Court of Appeal. The decision is yet another considerable blow to the legitimacy of how Quebec’s provincial prosecution bureau handled Operation SharQc, a lengthy investigation into the biker gang that initially appeared to cripple the Hells Angels in the province in 2009.

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At least 20 of the men involved in the decision saw their prison terms come to an end on Wednesday. Another eight will likely become eligible for parole as soon as Correctional Service Canada recalculates whatever is left on their sentences. The prosecution bureau —Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales (DPCP) — is unlikely to appeal the ruling because the sentence reductions were part of a joint suggestion made to the appellate court earlier this year.