Editor:
Re: Robinson avoids jail
time, Aug. 1
Surely, we should not be too surprised at Justice Janice Dillon dispensing the permissive "blessings" of crime and punishment Canadian style:
. Where the rights of criminals, such as Monty Robinson and his "special" aboriginal status, trump the fate of their very real victims;
. Where child abusers are inconvenienced with a mere three months in prison;
. Where hit-and-run murderers have to endure the indignity of conditional sentences and house arrest;
. Where the punishment of habitual offenders is measured not in terms of their crimes but in terms of the criminal being regarded as the "real victim" of societal neglect;
. Where lenient sentences have made drug trafficking and organized crime the "crime that pays"; and
. Where bail is granted ... few questions asked.
Not to worry though, here's the quintessentially Canadian solution - longer suspended sentences!
E.W. Bopp
