tdwebste said:The judicial independence threaten by Conservative Government nomination changes.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/02/top-canada-judges-say-nomination.php
Harper is naming a police and crime victim representative to the judicial panels. Again an additional nomination is only required to remove the independence of the judicial. A police representative can be filled as one of the three appointment available to the federal government.
Cdn Blackshirt said:1) Setting higher minimum sentences and parole conditioners for violent offenders.
OK, "Ricky", suppose the use of marijuana were decriminalised. Just when society is marginalising the use of tobacco more and more, they would free up the use of marijuana?Operationblack said:Repelling our drug laws would also greatly reduce our prison population but that is another issue. How ever it is unfortunate that Mr.Harper and the conservatives did not continue on the liberals path to de-criminalize marijuana.
Operationblack said:Repelling our drug laws would also greatly reduce our prison population but that is another issue. How ever it is unfortunate that Mr.Harper and the conservatives did not continue on the liberals path to de-criminalize marijuana.
Operationblack said:Longer sentences doesn't work, we should model our prisons after those in Scandinavia which focus on reform not punishment.
Operationblack said:We don't want a US like system which has the largest prison population in the world and in which their prisons are just revolving doors.
Operationblack said:Repelling our drug laws would also greatly reduce our prison population but that is another issue. How ever it is unfortunate that Mr.Harper and the conservatives did not continue on the liberals path to de-criminalize marijuana.
How old are you?Operationblack said:Longer sentences doesn't work, we should model our prisons after those in Scandinavia which focus on reform not punishment. They show that when a system is working to reform them not only does it decrease crime in prison itself but greatly reduced how many will re-offend. We don't want a US like system which has the largest prison population in the world and in which their prisons are just revolving doors.
Repelling our drug laws would also greatly reduce our prison population but that is another issue. How ever it is unfortunate that Mr.Harper and the conservatives did not continue on the liberals path to de-criminalize marijuana.
Nasrudin was caught in the act and sentenced to die. Hauled up before the king, he was asked by the Royal Presence: "Is there any reason at all why I shouldn't have your head off right now?" To which he replied: "Oh, King, live forever! Know that I, the mullah Nasrudin, am the greatest teacher in your kingdom, and it would surely be a waste to kill such a great teacher. So skilled am I that I could even teach your favorite horse to sing, given a year to work on it." The king was amused, and said: "Very well then, you move into the stable immediately, and if the horse isn't singing a year from now, we'll think of something interesting to do with you."
As he was returning to his cell to pick up his spare rags, his cellmate remonstrated with him: "Now that was really stupid. You know you can't teach that horse to sing, no matter how long you try."
Nasrudin's response: "Not at all. I have a year now that I didn't have before. And a lot of things can happen in a year. The king might die. The horse might die. I might die.
"And, who knows? Maybe the horse will sing."
OK, "Ricky", suppose the use of marijuana were decriminalised. Just when society is marginalising the use of tobacco more and more, they would free up the use of marijuana?
The crimes of Rape and Murder are ones in which you deprive another individual of their rights, you physical harm someone. The act of using drugs is a personal choice, if done in the privacy of ones home it is not our concern.De-criminalise heroin, rape, murder and any other crime sure would drop the prison populations, no?
Remember, it's not so much to "re-educate" the criminals, but to protect society. I too favour rehabilitation, but stiffer sentences must be implemented (IMHO) as a deterrent AND to keep the dangerous away from society.