Electoral Member
Posts: 77 
October 16th, 2006, 11:16 PM
I'm of the opinion that the act should be amended to not only include violent crimes but other crimes in general as well. In other words a person should be labelled a chronic or repeat offender and he should be faced with a reverse onus if he is repeatedly convicted of various criminal offences. That person should also be punished on an increasing scale- irrespective if his last conviction was a break and enter or assault and the current conviction is theft.
Where the crimes are particularly egregious ( whether violent or not, i.e sexual assault with a weapon, or defrauding an elderly or invalid person or failing to provide the necessities of life) the court should consider the inhumanity of the act and punish accordingly.
I also agree that the possible sentences we currently have are adequate- provided they are enforced. Break and Enter into a house is a crime punishable by life in prison - why? because our forefathers recognized that our home is our castle and to invade it is an extreme criminal act. No one has ever received life however for that crime.
I'm of the opinion that the act should be amended to not only include violent crimes but other crimes in general as well. In other words a person should be labelled a chronic or repeat offender and he should be faced with a reverse onus if he is repeatedly convicted of various criminal offences. That person should also be punished on an increasing scale- irrespective if his last conviction was a break and enter or assault and the current conviction is theft.
Where the crimes are particularly egregious ( whether violent or not, i.e sexual assault with a weapon, or defrauding an elderly or invalid person or failing to provide the necessities of life) the court should consider the inhumanity of the act and punish accordingly.
I also agree that the possible sentences we currently have are adequate- provided they are enforced. Break and Enter into a house is a crime punishable by life in prison - why? because our forefathers recognized that our home is our castle and to invade it is an extreme criminal act. No one has ever received life however for that crime.
Super Genius
Posts: 1,274
October 17th, 2006, 07:19 PM
How about the pedophiles who are clearly freaks - victims under 10 yrs old and so on - get a spot in jail for as long as they need [life for many] and we make room for them in our overcrowded jails by letting the non-violent pot growers and other drug-without-violence 'criminals' OUT of jail.
Make some room for the voiolent criminals too. There are so many people in jail who just WANT to be there - I heard this from someone who did time . What these ones need is some other accomodation and likely some treatment for illness or mental issues - most of them are sick with AIDS or some chronic illness and they get better care in jail and regular meals - they do it "for survival".
Why are they in jail instead of violent people who get let out after three years? Overcrowding is cited as the reason for short sentences for violent criminals, so let the others out and just get them the care they need - ITS A LOT CHEAPER!!!!! Jailtime costs about $100,000 per person per year, and if there was "accomodations for the chronically ill" - minimal "at home" nursing care and complete medical prescription coverage would only cost about $50,000 per person per year, at the most .
As for the druggies in jail, they could all be freed if we gave them their dope - NONE of their crimes would occur because they only do them for dope. Its so stupid, especially when overcrowding is letting pedophiles go.
How about the pedophiles who are clearly freaks - victims under 10 yrs old and so on - get a spot in jail for as long as they need [life for many] and we make room for them in our overcrowded jails by letting the non-violent pot growers and other drug-without-violence 'criminals' OUT of jail.
Make some room for the voiolent criminals too. There are so many people in jail who just WANT to be there - I heard this from someone who did time . What these ones need is some other accomodation and likely some treatment for illness or mental issues - most of them are sick with AIDS or some chronic illness and they get better care in jail and regular meals - they do it "for survival".
Why are they in jail instead of violent people who get let out after three years? Overcrowding is cited as the reason for short sentences for violent criminals, so let the others out and just get them the care they need - ITS A LOT CHEAPER!!!!! Jailtime costs about $100,000 per person per year, and if there was "accomodations for the chronically ill" - minimal "at home" nursing care and complete medical prescription coverage would only cost about $50,000 per person per year, at the most .
As for the druggies in jail, they could all be freed if we gave them their dope - NONE of their crimes would occur because they only do them for dope. Its so stupid, especially when overcrowding is letting pedophiles go.
