Tough On Crime! About Time!

What's wrong with supporting victims instead of criminals? If a judge puts you away for 10 years, in should mean 10 years, not 5 years because of the 2 for 1 rule. Then you get an early sentencing hearing that means you might get out in 2 years. Our justice system is a mess. Why? Let me tell you why.

A person I know is a die hard Liberal, you can't even say hello without him yapping about how lame the Conservatives are. His wife was promoted to being a judge just before the Conservatives won the election. All you hear from him now is how the Conservatives are out of ideas. Talk about Liberals supporting Liberals. She is part of the problem, she carries her "Liberal values" into her work. Like this judge....

When a young kid is beaten to death, you would think the judge would slam the book on them, but even in Alberta the Liberal judges rule our lives. Here is a case that should make you so mad you want to smack a lefty. (We know we won't do it but it would feel good if we did)

Please read this story about a 17 year old boy killed by budding criminals, who because of their age get off with community service. The harshest sentence was 4 years, yes you heard that right, 4 years for a life. Poor Shane was brutally murdered by some kids who were upset because they were thrown out of the party earlier, and the judge felt sorry for them, not the victim.

For those of you too lazy to read the article, here it is:

A teenager who struck the fatal blow in a group beating of another boy at a house party near Edmonton in 2005 was sentenced to four years in jail on Thursday.

Christopher Griffiths, now 19, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter after hitting 17-year-old Shane Rolston with a metal baseball bat at the party in Sherwood Park, just east of Edmonton.

Shane Rolston was beaten to death after he opened the door of a friend's home during a party and was attacked by a group of teens who had earlier been thrown out.

Provincial court Judge John Maher, who handed down the sentence, said he took into consideration the fact that Griffiths and three other teens charged in the beating have shown remorse and none had been in trouble before.

But the sentence upset the victim's family members and friends who were in the courtroom.

"It definitely shook my belief in what this system is about," said Kelly Rolston, Shane's father.

"Because what I believed in was a just Canada, where the human life meant a lot more than the dollar. If you took a human life, you were responsible for it and you should be paying a price."

Rolston said it was beyond him how the legal system could be improved.

"They have to start making it so people are safe. The teen violence out there is becoming a real nightmare."

Conditional sentences for 3 others

Rolston happened to open the door of a friend's home when a group of youths who had already been thrown out of a house party there returned with weapons — including the baseball bat, hockey stick, metal pipe and pool cue.

Griffiths will serve four years, in addition to time already served.

On Thursday, three other men who pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon in the beating were handed two-year conditional sentences to be served in the community.

Justin Bridges, Josiah Lawson and Jonathan Giourmetakis, all 19, will also serve six months probation after the 24 months are up.

A fifth accused has yet to be tried as a youth.

I ask you, how sick is that? House arrest for murder. Our Liberal judges need a swift kick in the pants. John Maher needs to get real, he needs to feel the victims pain, not the criminals. He needs to open up his house to those babies who didn't really mean to kill someone. He needs to encourage the offenders to live with him. Let's see how quickly "house arrest" disappears from Liberal judges vocabulary.

They took a baseball bat, hockey stick, metal pipe and pool cue and killed a 17 year old boy, they killed him because they couldn't get into a party. They got house arrest. A life. He's gone, they only care about themselves.

Remembrace: Remember The Victims!

Remembrance Day is vital to the heart of our country, especially with the high level of immigrants arriving at our doorstep. I will post a Remembrance Day tribute tomorrow, but today, I want to draw your attention to those that we fail to remember, victims.

Remember Shane Rolston, 17. Brutally killed by teenage thugs, who got house arrest.

According to agreed facts, the five men showed up at the house armed with a baseball bat, a pipe, a pool cue and a hockey stick just over an hour after four of them left the party due to a dispute. They returned to retrieve a cellphone.

Rolston, who was the designated driver that night, was smashed on the head with a blunt object. He never regained consciousness and died in hospital later that day.

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After court, the trio went to the courthouse cafeteria with their families, then grinned and chatted amongst themselves as they waited to sign papers.

Remember Shane Rolston, because these juvenile delinquents won't, they got away with murder.

But, Dion and crew, are against house arrest for killers, they will even bring the Conservative government down over this issue. Teens DELIBERATELY bringing bats, and hockey sticks to kill someone get house arrest, well that's just fine with the opposition parties. What about the victims? What about their families?

I googled " Ontario woman killed in gang violence" and here is a snapshot of the headlines:



So, let us remember our innocent victims.

Overwhelming Majority of Canadians Believe Canada's Justice System is Too Lenient on Repeat Offenders, Poll Reveals

-- Poll also reveals Canadians show tremendous support for a "three strikes" rule --

-- Results released in advance of CTV broadcast of Mayerthorpe this Sunday --

Toronto, ON (February 7, 2008) - Canadians across the country overwhelmingly believe that the country's justice system is too lenient on repeat offenders, a new poll released today by CTV and The Strategic Counsel reveals. As the third anniversary of the Mayerthorpe tragedy approaches, the issues surrounding the horrible event continue to engage the nation. The poll indicates that nationally, three in four people surveyed (75 per cent) agree that the Canadian justice system is too lenient on repeat offenders, with 50 per cent saying the justice system is "much too lenient."

Let us remember the victims, and their families. If the opposition bring the government down on the crime issue, be prepared for a huge backlash, and a Conservative majority. It is sickening that the opposition parties would use victims to gain votes.

Remember, Shane Rolston, remember Jane Creba a 15 year old, grade ten student, gunned down while shopping, remember all innocent victims of thugs. Remember who wants to let those thugs out of jail early, or give them house arrest for murder. Remember it is our liberal judges who think house arrest is just fine for killers. They also think releasing sexual predators into our communities is just fine, they think repeat offenders should not be punished, and they never get blamed for the repeat offenders who get out early to kill, or rape again.

Maybe our society is sick, because we have liberal judges who think morals and compassion for victims are not as important as releasing hardened criminals into our communities, as long as it isn't in their neighbourhood. Maybe we should start publishing the names of the criminals who are released along with the name of the judge or parole board who released them early. Maybe it's time for our justice system to be made responsible for their actions. Maybe it's time for the supreme court to stop MAKING laws and start enforcing the ones our Parliamentarians vote into law.