Chris Selley: Aus diesem Grund scheinen kanadische Kriminelle glimpflich davonzukommen. Staatsanwälte greifen nicht zu „Messern“ – Staatsanwälte der Krone haben den Auftrag, sich um eine schnelle und schnelle Einigung zu bemühen, anstatt vor Gericht zu gehen oder lange Haftstrafen zu fordern
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/selley-why-canadian-criminals-seem-to-get-off-lightly
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If the goal is to do this so that the more serious crimes can actually get to trial, than it makes sense.
It sucks. cause we are a total joke in terms of sentencing and id love to see harsher sentences almost across the board. But the pragmatist in me thinks that given where we’re at, it makes sense. We dont want those accused of the worst crimes to just skate out of custody because their trial took too long to get started
Not that I’m advocating building a shit ton of prisons and creating a prison industrial complex, but the number of correctional facilities in Canada has not kept up with the population at all, even with a decrease in crime.
It’s a delicate balance between trying to counteract the factors that lead to crime while ensuring those that commit violent crimes aren’t out in the public.
Looking at the numbers. Canada’s prison rate was 90 persons 100k population while the US was 542 persons per 100k.
Right now it does seem like we are building a few new prisons, but there is still the overall issue of overcrowding in some prisons.
Yes Selley, if prosecutors go knives out defense will set everything to trial and the system collapses on itself.