UPDATE: CBC News is reporting that Pickton has received the maximum penalty - life in jail - with no parole eligibility for 25 years. According to CBC, Justice James Williams said:

"Mr. Pickton's conduct was murderous and repeatedly so. I cannot know the details but I know this: What happened to them was senseless and despicable," said Williams, who read out the names of the six victims. "Mr. Pickton, there is really nothing I can say to express the revulsion the community feels about these killings."

Robert William Pickton, guilty on six counts of second-degree murder, faces sentencing today in BC Supreme Court.

Pickton - the Port Coquitlam pig farmer found guilty on Sunday in the deaths of Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Ann Wolfe, Georgina Faith Papin, and Marnie Frey - faces six automatic life sentences for the charges. Today, Justice James Williams will decide how long Pickton must serve before he can be considered for parole.

Justice Williams will first hear from the families themselves; their victim-impact statements, delivered to Pickton directly, will inform the judge's decision.

Pickton has 30 days to appeal the jury's verdicts. He'll also be back in court on January 17 to determine a date for the next trial, in which he'll face up to 20 more murder charges in relation to the activities on his Port Coquitlam farm.

Related stories:
News: Robert William Pickton guilty on six counts of murder
News: Liberal MPs private-members bill calls for consecutive sentences for serial killers, but it comes too late for Robert Pickton
Commentary: Robert Pickton verdict: low-track killing fields remain ripe for harm by Jamie Lee Hamilton
Commentary: Will the Pickton verdict spur governments to proceed with the Native Youth Centre in East Van?
News: Pickton verdict won't be cause for celebration
Backgrounder: Robert William Pickton backgrounder
Documents: Robert William Pickton's indictment
News: "Women say it's time to heal"
Interviews: "What has changed since women on the Downtown Eastside started going missing?"
Personal: "A rash decision to attend the Robert Pickton trial"
Books: Review of Stevie Cameron's The Pickton File

External links:
Timeline at CBC BC
Missing women at Missing People.net
Map of the farm at 953 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam