Once again our legal system comes through...

[Beerfish]

As Ive said before the legal system has morphed into a lawyer and a prosecutor deciding on justice in a board room over a cup of Tim hortons and some tim bits rather than the process of a judge or jury trial.

I can't figure out whether prosecutors are plain lazy or deathly afraid of losing slam dunk cases. I et more offended each time I hear of a case where the prosecutuon has the accused nailed cold on multiple harges and yet agrees to a soft plea deal.

Plea deals should be very rare and yet they are the standard. It's not right.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...606f8d&k=74433

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: Once again our legal system comes through...

That's why we all need to vote Tory in the next federal election.

[Beerfish]

Re: Once again our legal system comes through...

That's why we all need to vote Tory in the next federal election.

The solution will not come from a government necessarily. Governments can bring in all the tough crime legislation they want but if prosecutors continue to dismiss 12 lead pipe charges against perps so that the perp will plead guilty to 1 lesser charge things won't change.

edit: Oh and I have no faith in the PCs to come through in anycase. The immedaitely 5 seconds after being elected flip flopped on some issues that were supposidely important to them so I don't trust Harper even a little bit.

[Rayminator]

Re: Once again our legal system comes through...

The solution will not come from a government necessarily. Governments can bring in all the tough crime legislation they want but if prosecutors continue to dismiss 12 lead pipe charges against perps so that the perp will plead guilty to 1 lesser charge things won't change.

edit: Oh and I have no faith in the PCs to come through in anycase. The immedaitely 5 seconds after being elected flip flopped on some issues that were supposidely important to them so I don't trust Harper even a little bit.

Neither the Liberals nor the PCs deserve to run the country anymore. We need a good alternative.

NDP anyone?
Greens?
Rhinos?
Marijuana?
Communists?



Heck, if I could I would even vote BQ at this point just so we can get Quebec's whining out of the way.