Life Sentence – Pure BS from Justice in Canada

[Kreskin]

In the case of murdering children I would support the death penalty. It might not deter others but it sure deters the ones put to death.

 

[Kreskin]

The justice system is just that: a system. It only has so many resources, and needs to be managed. That includes managing risk because there isn't room for everyone on a permanent basis. A judge is one cog in the wheel who takes into consideration many things, including retribution and rehabilitation. But he/she must also understand the implications of their decisions on the rest of the system. If all they had to do was dish out justice without giving thought to anything else it would be easy to max every sentence. But that isn't the reality.

 

[shadowshiv]

Realistically, since when has a life prison term been about rehabilitating the convict?

And they almost always come out "harder" than when they went in. They learn new tricks of the trade while incarcerated.:-?

 

[VanIsle]

Way back when it was still dramatic, a shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jacques was sodomized and murdered on a Toronto rooftop. His killer was sentenced, by a hamstrung and disgusted judge, to life (25 years) to be served in General Population. He was refused parole in 2002....

As I recall, Jeffery Dahmer was in the general population for a brief period. Very brief.

 

[VanIsle]

A friend just took early retirement after 25 years as a jail guard. As he said "the only ones to serve out their full 25 years are the ones who are paid to go there.Every one else get time off for good behavior. Which speaks volumes about the guards."
For some of the inmates that we are forced to supply such nice digs I think we should have had the hanging at noon with a trial to follow. No repeat ofenders.

It took a double reading to realize that you meant that the correctional officers are the only ones to serve out their full 25 years because they are paid to go there is because they only get to leave and stay away if they quit or retire. Employees don't get time off for good behaviour anywhere so I don't know how that speaks volumes other than to say we are lucky that they do stay. You have to remember though that while the inmates stay 24/7/365, the Correctional Officers go home at the end of a shift and they usually get 4 days off for "good behaviour" before their next shift.
For some odd reason some of those inmates get to demand very fancy digs while they are there.

 

[Unforgiven]

So I guess when you get your way and someone goes away for life then those who are charged with handling them can just suck it up when they decide to commit "suicide by cop" because there is nothing worth living for?

Life does mean life in Canada. You get to stew for 25 years before you can ask for a review of your case. Not that you get out or anything, someone just reviews things and allows for victims to make a statement as well in regards to your freedom.

People change and while not everyone is going to change, some people do. I have to say that murdering a child is something you don't really get out of your system like Pedophilia or raping vulnerable people, there are still those who commit terrible crime but change who and what they are after spending that much time in the prison system.

So while the outrageous also have the opportunity to apply for a review after so many years, it's for those who can change rather than those who can not.