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The federal government plans to make it easier to designate violent criminals as dangerous offenders so they can be kept locked up longer.
Legislation to be introduced next week was touted yesterday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Toronto Police Association's headquarters. It drew immediate praise from victims' advocates but criticism from criminal lawyers.
The legislation would force those convicted of a third sexual or violent offence to show why they don't deserve to be designated as dangerous offenders.
Currently, it is up to the Crown to prove that an offender should be deemed dangerous, a legal label that carries with it an indefinite sentence.
Originally posted by intrepid
I wonder when Canada's version of the Patriot Act will be implemented?
Originally posted by V Kaminski
Some aspects of both Bills make good sense and others are just lame. Yeah, I would expect Harpo's markspersons to repackage all "new" legislation in US flavoured republic-type stuff. I am glad he is a little more law and order... I like his anti-street racing policy, and increased defense spending. I still don't "like" like him. Likely never will... not Canadian enough for me at this point.
Victor K.
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[edit on 13-10-2006 by V Kaminski]
Originally posted by V Kaminski
There are tons of certifiable crazies... certify them for real and allow those who are truly ill and not "broken by choice" to get the help they need in the rubber-room hotel, we need more of those too. We won't just need more prisons - we will need more "kinds" of prisons suited to the clientele.
Originally posted by DeusEx
Whatever happened to a long drop and short stop, yo? I mean these clinically-diagnosed crazies are elligible for parole, not to mention habitual-reoffending rapists and pedophiles. I mean, they're sick in the head. But when your dog gets rabies, you get it put down. You don't let it out of the cage when it's foaming a little less.
DE
Originally posted by DeusEx
Bernardo takes 40K$ + of taxpayer monies to continue living. And he's not doing anything except watching basic cable! It's like being rewarded for being a serial killer.
Originally posted by V Kaminski
The other issue it does raise is the American practice of prison labour manufacturing... in many cases this manufacturing seems a "good thing".
Sometimes this manufacturing does interfere with existing businesses and has the potential to rdo eal damage to our already rapidly shrinking manufacturing base... one would hope that manufacturing could benefit by by being involved in the rehab/manufacturing process - some do... mostly friends of "the regime of the day".