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Originally Posted by 68style
Isn't that more of a commentary on how the entire concept of jails and the interventions (har har) leading up to it are completely inept and ineffectual than anything else?
I'm not saying I know what the answer is, but the USA throws people in jail at a rate that would embarrass any other modern country and their crime rate is off the charts compared to here...
The same judicial system has existed over every form of government since Canada began, no particular political party has changed it in any significant way.
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I think the problem is, your average law abiding citizen is the victim as we try and figure out how to solve these issues. Whether it be property crime, violent crime, etc. the victim is left holding the bag while the criminal is almost always allowed to walk, to a point where it’s comical and a complete insult to the victims and their families. See: Randall Hopley, and countless others.
People who reoffend hundreds of times are hit with punishments with no teeth.
I’ve said this a million times before but is it so hard to severely punish people who commit violent/gun crime. Trudeaus gun legislation is a complete fucking joke in terms of effecting violent/gun crime because it does nothing to address the actual problem, no govt. has ever done anything to solve it.
If you have an unregulated, illegal, handgun in your possession, like the story I posted a while back about the kid with chronic convictions who got caught with a loaded handgun on the skytrain after his what, FITH time getting caught?
Ok, now you’re going away for 5-10, there’s no questions, there’s no leeway in your sentencing. You clearly cannot learn a lesson, you are a scourge to society, you NEED to be away from the public. But of course not, they are released back into society almost instantly.