For example, Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Brown only permitted the jury to hear about Hudson’s criminal record up to the end of 2017. Why? Because Hudson, who was thirty-two at the time of the shooting, had a whopping 44 prior criminal convictions, constant throughout his life, including assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, assault of a police officer, pointing a firearm, drug possession with a weapon, threatening, multiple robberies and bail violations.