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Originally Posted by valo403
No idea on the first one, nad I don't believe he had a history.
My point is that the whole 'Canadian justice system is so horrible' argument is ridiculous. There are countless systems around the globe that are much more lenient than the Canadain system in almost every respect, but there's always people moaning about how weak the justice system is in Canada. I don't mind the complaints about sentences being too weak (although I'd like to hear an argument that addresses the increased cost burdens longer sentences would create, and the evidence that indicates such a system wouldn't result in significant reductions in crime), but the bashing of a system that is still one of the better ones globally gets pretty tiring.
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Thats why we need hard labour sentences that can generate money for these convicts sentences. I'm all for bringing back road gangs who can clear areas, do road repair, repair buildings etc.
While there are more lenient systems out there, I'm betting that the complaints from the people there are similar.
While part of prison sentences have to take rehabilitation into account our prisons do have that aspect, there has to be both a punishment associated with the crime and a public safety aspect.
In this guys case, he's a multiple offender so obviously going easy on him didn't work, he continued the behavior, plus the drunk driving crime is inexusible and selfish, there's no excuse for it.
5 years might be fine depending on how long he served, even though I don't believe it because he murdered this woman in what I interpret as an intentional manner. I have a lot of trouble with a limited driving ban as well.