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CBC News AlertsVerified account @CBCAlerts PM gives details of bill removing parole hope for murders involving sex crime, kidnapping, terror, police death, extreme brutality. #cdnpoli
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If a 1st murder involves any of these, there's no parole: Kidnapping Sexual assault Terrorism Killing police/corrections officer
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Stephen Harper says proposed bill would deny parole for some murders
Prime minister joined by justice minister for announcement in Scarborough, Ont.
People found guilty in some killings should have to serve life in prison with little or no chance of parole, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in Scarborough, Ont. today.
Harper said the Conservatives are proposing legislation to end parole for those convicted of murders involving:
Harper said those convicted of the crimes listed in the legislation could voluntarily petition the minister for public safety for release after serving no less than 35 years.
"Decisions will not rest with an appointed board but with the federal cabinet," he said.
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said in January the government would introduce legislation to ensure people convicted of the worst crimes have no chance of being released from prison. He said the bill would be introduced before June.
Reoffence rate three per cent
Canada's prison watchdog, Howard Sapers, told CBC News in January that 99 per cent of offenders released on day parole last year did so without reoffending, and 97 per cent of offenders released on full parole completed their parole without reoffending.
Sapers said it should also be considered that Canada already has "a strong carceral response" to violent crimes. Offenders sentenced to life in Canada spent an average of 22 years in prison prior to conditional release — that's "as much or more time," Sapers said, than offenders in other jurisdictions, including the U.S.
Asked last month about the legislation, Justice Minister Peter MacKay suggested there were constitutional limits on what the government could do.
"What I’ll tell you is that everything we do, we do through the lens of the [Charter of Rights and Freedoms]," MacKay said in February.
"We have to be aware that there are constitutional limitations in some cases on criminal legislation, so we have to do it through that lens. And when it comes to denying someone any possibility of parole, this weighs heavy in that — in the balance of that consideration."
The House has 11 sitting weeks left before it rises for the summer, leaving little time for new legislation to make its way through debate and committee stages in both the House and the Senate before an expected fall election campaign
Under a law introduced by the Conservatives, the next federal election has to be held by Oct. 19, 2015.
Stephen Harper says proposed bill would deny parole for some murders - Politics - CBC News
CBC News AlertsVerified account @CBCAlerts PM gives details of bill removing parole hope for murders involving sex crime, kidnapping, terror, police death, extreme brutality. #cdnpoli
Justin LingVerified account @Justin_Ling
If a 1st murder involves any of these, there's no parole: Kidnapping Sexual assault Terrorism Killing police/corrections officer
watch:
Live Video | 680News
http://www.brandonsun.com/national/...s-are-for-lifepm-harper--295019971.html?thx=y
and stayed tuned kids.
Stephen Harper says proposed bill would deny parole for some murders
Prime minister joined by justice minister for announcement in Scarborough, Ont.
People found guilty in some killings should have to serve life in prison with little or no chance of parole, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in Scarborough, Ont. today.
Harper said the Conservatives are proposing legislation to end parole for those convicted of murders involving:
- Sexual assault.
- Kidnapping.
- Terrorism.
- A police or corrections officer.
- Particular "brutality."
Harper said those convicted of the crimes listed in the legislation could voluntarily petition the minister for public safety for release after serving no less than 35 years.
"Decisions will not rest with an appointed board but with the federal cabinet," he said.
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said in January the government would introduce legislation to ensure people convicted of the worst crimes have no chance of being released from prison. He said the bill would be introduced before June.
Reoffence rate three per cent
Canada's prison watchdog, Howard Sapers, told CBC News in January that 99 per cent of offenders released on day parole last year did so without reoffending, and 97 per cent of offenders released on full parole completed their parole without reoffending.
Sapers said it should also be considered that Canada already has "a strong carceral response" to violent crimes. Offenders sentenced to life in Canada spent an average of 22 years in prison prior to conditional release — that's "as much or more time," Sapers said, than offenders in other jurisdictions, including the U.S.
Asked last month about the legislation, Justice Minister Peter MacKay suggested there were constitutional limits on what the government could do.
"What I’ll tell you is that everything we do, we do through the lens of the [Charter of Rights and Freedoms]," MacKay said in February.
"We have to be aware that there are constitutional limitations in some cases on criminal legislation, so we have to do it through that lens. And when it comes to denying someone any possibility of parole, this weighs heavy in that — in the balance of that consideration."
The House has 11 sitting weeks left before it rises for the summer, leaving little time for new legislation to make its way through debate and committee stages in both the House and the Senate before an expected fall election campaign
Under a law introduced by the Conservatives, the next federal election has to be held by Oct. 19, 2015.
Stephen Harper says proposed bill would deny parole for some murders - Politics - CBC News
