Sure hope them lawyer fees are expensive.

The neatest part of this is that competitors will rat out their rivals. Anyone who thinks there is honour among crooks is a fool. at least half of all calls assisting police by ratting out farmers, grow ops labs etc… are “help from members of the community”. Thank God! I wish Judges would have their children suffer overdoses and spiked laced drugs which nearly kill them so they would stop letting these creeps walk!

Strong words, western3, but I agree in principle. I’ve often thought in a similar vein; I wish no one ill will (except those involved in selling drugs, they have all my ill wil) but it sometimes seems that it will take someone in power suffering a loss of a child or sibling to street drugs before we will see any real effort made by the governments of our country against criminal gangs.
metalman.

The saddest thing about all this is the judges have to release these scumbags on their own recognizance in order to re-offend so they can pay the lawyers. If the judges actually cared about the community, these drug bums would be held until their court date.

editor’s note:
Judges do care about the community, they don’t make the laws, they can only follow the course of action which is prescribed under Canadian law.

Good piece of work, Hopefully the will get some convictions.

Don’t think some of you understand, but judges are guided by the Charter, sentencing guidelines in law. The only way to change them is to contact MP’s and let them know we’re not happy with the minimum sentences handed down from the bench.
Then there’s them damn pesky loopholes lawyers pitch to acquit. Hate them things.

Yes… and no… as the law regarding mandatory victims services surcharge has shown. Most judges work by their interpretations of the law, not necessarily the law itself, hence appeals.

No, they’ve already had the law interpreted for them, their hands have always been tied by judgements and sentences in Appeal Courts across the country and the SCC decisions. Victim surcharges are different in every case to fit the crime and the ability of the accused to pay. In many cases there is no victim surcharge applied.