Harper’s crime war part 2 of 2.MPG
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A speaker of one police organization stopped in Whse a few years ago on his way to Alaska and gave a refreshing talk. The wrongfully convicted are almost always poor. Aboriginal women, to a significant degree teenagers, are locked up 30 times as often as non aboriginal women. Aboriginal and black youth are locked up longer than other Canadians for identical offenses, the stats are obvious. Jail populations in Canada are growing but have some way to go to the seven fold per capita level of incarceration in the US, but also to a US style organized crime culture that is bred in the jails.Every victim, the crown’s case and yes, every accused as well as their capable defence have a right to their day in court and to be heard. Cloned sentences have little validity in whatever community context and situation they may fall into. Cloned sentences are not equal rights and don’t allow equal consideration and the protection the community deserves. Its a step closer to drum beat courts of authoritarian societies which insult the intelligence of judges and despise the wisdom and tradition of independent courts. Dangerous individuals tend to have an easier time to come wandering through the cracks in the system out into the public, when safe guards in society fall asleep in the mind numbing cookie cutter process of mandatory minimum sentencing. That is already happening, the dangerous offender process has been diluted and devalued with very long sentences given to repeat offenders who are ill and see no other way than to medicate their addictions with street drugs acquired from the proceeds of property crimes. Its a sad story when a part of the public conversation retreats from the realities of justice into cuddly, little lies. Harpers utilization of the vengeance motive represents a shameless exploitation of the suffering of crime victims and a cynical disrespect for the safety of Canadian homes and on Canadian streets.The Prime Ministers behaviour is in keeping with his ambition to become an international outlaw and a very lonesome heir of a Bush Doctrine without Bush. Highlights are the breaking of the child soldier convention, violation of the convention against torture by the way of covering up extraordinary rendition flights, accommodation of war crime activities by Afghan authorities, warlords and other war allies (Because of this in the fall of 2007, level headed Canadian officers outright resisted orders and stopped to hand over prisoners to Afghan allies), promotion of capital punishment for Canadians at the hands of the US justice. All of these are violations of governments obligations that may be dealt with in due time under Canadian law. Author: defendconstitution |
