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Originally Posted by james t kirk
... The Young Offenders Act is the worst piece of crap legislation that this country has ever passed. I am all for giving some kid who pulls a B and E at 16 and gets caught the benefit of the doubt, but not murder. Especially one as cold and callous as this one was....
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You think the Young Offenders Act was bad???!!!?
Try the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) that replaced the YOA. It is so soft on youth crime that kids are not even put on undertakings anymore.
If you don't put down "Keep the Peace and be of Good Behavior" on thier bail or probation record, then you can't breach them when the little shit-rats are causing shit again. What does that do? It dramatically lowers your court numbers, and VOILA!! You have lower crime, statistically speaking!
Of course, the shit-rats know this, and get into more trouble with a smile on thier face.
It is like refusing to take B&E cases anymore, and then reporting to your boss that the B&E numbers are looking excellent this fiscal quarter.
There is a better way to deal with youth crime. It is not popular, and will not be implemented. It punishes parents and legal guardians for a portion of the transgression.
Yes, I am a man without children. (at least none that I know of,
) I have experienced the judicial system as a young offender and am thankful that I was given a chance to straighten up and fly right. I was in a really bad place at home, and was lashing out the only way I knew how.
Throwing me away in jail would have hurt me, and society at large; I am now a productive person, and have achieved much with my short life thus far.
We have to teach kids that laws are here for a reason, and when you step on your dick, it will hurt. We also have to teach parents that they are ultimately responsible for the actions of their offspring, and failure in teaching them basic respect for others and their property will be met with heavy sanctions.
Did your child just break into a neighbours house? Then guess what: You get to pay for it. Every last thin dime. While you are paying for it, your child will be re-educated as to the values that our society is founded on. Oh, you can't afford it because you are poor? Then guess what: you get to do community service right next to your delinquint.
When a human life is taken, for no reason (shots were aimed at a shopping crowd, correct?) how do we express our grief? I have no answers. We can do something by not treating it like a statistic (57 murders in TO this year, blah blah blah). Statistics are often lies, and the liars who quote them have an agenda to pursue.
My heart cries out to the victims, and their families.