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Originally Posted by pylon

I am going to ask you an honest question wihout calling you an idiot.

First off, I wasn't calling you an idiot. I was saying hyperbolic statements like that are idiotic.

Why is it you always stand up for the Canadian justice system, especially when it deals with monsters like this? Especially when Canada has a history of letting them off soft, and allowing them to torment their victims from behind bars... ala Olsen.

That's called selective perception. Olsen got life, Pickton got life, etc., etc. You have one example of an atrocious murder being dealt with "softly" (although correctly) in the Li case, and you're using it to generalize the entire justice system. And didn't Olsen have his letter-writing privileges restricted anyways? And if you think the United States is a beacon for preventing that crap, then I guess you've never really studied Dahmer's or Manson's activities behind bars.

I remember you staunchly defending Graham James, and the sentence he received. And anyone that was against had a vastly inferior knowledge of the criminal justice system as you.

I don't think I've ever staunchly defended James or any of the actions he committed. I defended the trial judge on the basis that he followed the letter of the law and not his emotions, which judges are supposed to do. The law itself sucks, but the judge had to follow it or risk the legitimacy of the justice system.

Why do you feel our justice system is so good? And do you honestly feel it deals with criminals harshly enough. Because I believe the universal opinion, is it does not.

I've never said our justice system is perfect. In fact, I've criticized it many times on this site. For one thing, I think we should have consecutive sentences for violent crimes. I think our minimum sentences for sex offenders do a poor job of protecting our women and children. However, I also find a touch of irony in Conservative supporters bemoaning the weaknesses of the justice system when they put a man in power who thinks growing pot should carry a harsher sentence than sexual assault.