That's all? I get people think we who live next door are vengeful savages when it comes to crime, but there's something to be said for life sentences for instances like this.
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by Shrillland » Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:20 pm
by Luziyca » Mon Jun 13, 2022 11:09 pm
Shrillland wrote:
That's all? I get people think we who live next door are vengeful savages when it comes to crime, but there's something to be said for life sentences for instances like this.
by Shrillland » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:18 am
by Alternate Garza » Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:06 pm
by San Lumen » Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:40 am
by Shrillland » Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:00 pm
by Arisyan » Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:05 pm
by Comfed » Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:49 pm
Shrillland wrote:
That's all? I get people think we who live next door are vengeful savages when it comes to crime, but there's something to be said for life sentences for instances like this.
by Saiwania » Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:44 am
Comfed wrote:I don't think life sentences with no possibility of parole are a thing here.
by Comfed » Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:19 pm
Saiwania wrote:Comfed wrote:I don't think life sentences with no possibility of parole are a thing here.
If someone is still profitable and they've been in for too long, Canada has got to consider letting elderly/long term inmates stay locked up if that is what they want. If too much time has passed, it means chances are- they're not going to adapt to the outside world because the change is too abrupt and disruptive for them. They'll purposely break parole or do something bad, so they can go back.
The alternative is that they maybe go the way of Brooks Hatlen. There is no point in entering the world that has changed too much, from the one they have left, if we're talking many decades.
by Terminus Station » Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:26 pm
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I knew the Conservatives were gonna have a hard-right populist drift, if anything I'm surprised it took them this long. Pollievre is still going to win the leadership election in September if things keep going like they are, and that will solidify the party's drift to the right. Might also cause them to split again, which would pretty much kill any chance they'd have of winning. But, I think they'll be able to keep it together.
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by Luziyca » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:47 pm
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by Riviere Renard » Thu Jul 07, 2022 3:25 am
Victims' rights advocates are denouncing a decision by a Quebec judge to grant a conditional discharge to a Trois-Rivières man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism, so he can travel for his work as an engineer.
In April 2019, Simon Houle, then a 27-year-old mechanical engineering student at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, sexually assaulted a sleeping woman during a party in an apartment.
Houle pleaded guilty to the charges in 2021.
The Crown sought an 18-month sentence for Houle, however, in a decision released last month, Poliquin handed Houle a conditional discharge with three months' probation.
Poliquin said for Houle, the consequences of a criminal record "would have particularly negative and disproportionate consequences for him, since he would have difficulty travelling outside the country, which could hamper his career as an engineer."
Houle, who has worked for manufacturing company Canimex Group since 2018, has yet to be required to travel for his job.
On Monday, Canimex's vice-president of human resources, Michel Goulet, [...] said Houle has been informed his employment at the company has been terminated for the moment.
He sought therapy shortly after the sexual assault and voyeurism charges were laid, said the judge in his sentencing ruling, and he admitted to sexually assaulting another woman in 2015, for which he was never charged.
This admission, although "disturbing," according to Poliquin, "demonstrates [Houle's] desire for transparency" and his serious approach to rehabilitation.
Poliquin noted that Houle pleaded guilty to the 2019 attack, that he "greatly regrets his actions" and was so ashamed of what he had done that he never told his father and brothers of the charges laid against him.
Although the judge emphasized the "intrusive and serious nature of the crimes" committed against a victim "in a state of great vulnerability," he said the assault was quick and Houle's state of drunkenness, while not an excuse for his actions, partly explains his behaviour.
According to Poliquin, Houle has demonstrated that he is a "person of good character," that he committed his crimes during a specific period of his life and that those crimes do not represent the person he wants to be.
In order "not to trivialize" what Houle did, Poliquin said, he ordered the perpetrator to donate $6,000 to the Trois-Rivières sexual assault centre, the Centre d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS).
A spokesperson for the Trois-Rivières CALACS, Camille Souza, said the centre is "disconcerted" by the decision, calling it unfair to the victim because it "once again" defends the attacker.
"We were angry. We were saddened for the victim — for all the victims," said Souza.
A spokesperson for the local victims' assistance service (CAVAC), Karine Gagnon, said she is concerned Poliquin's decision will undermine victims' confidence in the justice system.
"When a victim hears these kinds of things ... it can prevent them from [filing a complaint]," she said.
The judge described Houle as having had a "positive family background" and "the opportunity to become a useful person in the community."
Lawyer and feminist researcher Suzanne Zaccour said Houle's social status likely had a "subtle and pernicious" influence on the decision.
"If an accused came from a more disadvantaged background or had a less prestigious career, he would not have this card to say, 'My career is important, and I cannot have a criminal record,'" she said.
On Tuesday, Quebec's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) said it will appeal Houle's sentence.
"A motion for permission to appeal is being drafted and will be filed with the Court of Appeal registry by July 21," the DPCP said in a statement.
by San Lumen » Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:38 am
by WayNeacTia » Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:48 am
San Lumen wrote:https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.6510937/canadian-mountain-no-longer-named-for-nazi-collaborator-thanks-to-father-and-son-1.6510938
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Riviere Renard wrote:Not sure if this necessarily counts as politics, but:
"Quebec man guilty of sexual assault gets conditional discharge so he can travel for work". He will get three months probation but will not get a criminal record.Victims' rights advocates are denouncing a decision by a Quebec judge to grant a conditional discharge to a Trois-Rivières man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism, so he can travel for his work as an engineer.
In April 2019, Simon Houle, then a 27-year-old mechanical engineering student at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, sexually assaulted a sleeping woman during a party in an apartment.
Houle pleaded guilty to the charges in 2021.
The Crown sought an 18-month sentence for Houle, however, in a decision released last month, Poliquin handed Houle a conditional discharge with three months' probation.
Poliquin said for Houle, the consequences of a criminal record "would have particularly negative and disproportionate consequences for him, since he would have difficulty travelling outside the country, which could hamper his career as an engineer."
Houle, who has worked for manufacturing company Canimex Group since 2018, has yet to be required to travel for his job.
On Monday, Canimex's vice-president of human resources, Michel Goulet, [...] said Houle has been informed his employment at the company has been terminated for the moment.
He sought therapy shortly after the sexual assault and voyeurism charges were laid, said the judge in his sentencing ruling, and he admitted to sexually assaulting another woman in 2015, for which he was never charged.
This admission, although "disturbing," according to Poliquin, "demonstrates [Houle's] desire for transparency" and his serious approach to rehabilitation.
Poliquin noted that Houle pleaded guilty to the 2019 attack, that he "greatly regrets his actions" and was so ashamed of what he had done that he never told his father and brothers of the charges laid against him.
Although the judge emphasized the "intrusive and serious nature of the crimes" committed against a victim "in a state of great vulnerability," he said the assault was quick and Houle's state of drunkenness, while not an excuse for his actions, partly explains his behaviour.
According to Poliquin, Houle has demonstrated that he is a "person of good character," that he committed his crimes during a specific period of his life and that those crimes do not represent the person he wants to be.
In order "not to trivialize" what Houle did, Poliquin said, he ordered the perpetrator to donate $6,000 to the Trois-Rivières sexual assault centre, the Centre d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS).
A spokesperson for the Trois-Rivières CALACS, Camille Souza, said the centre is "disconcerted" by the decision, calling it unfair to the victim because it "once again" defends the attacker.
"We were angry. We were saddened for the victim — for all the victims," said Souza.
A spokesperson for the local victims' assistance service (CAVAC), Karine Gagnon, said she is concerned Poliquin's decision will undermine victims' confidence in the justice system.
"When a victim hears these kinds of things ... it can prevent them from [filing a complaint]," she said.
The judge described Houle as having had a "positive family background" and "the opportunity to become a useful person in the community."
Lawyer and feminist researcher Suzanne Zaccour said Houle's social status likely had a "subtle and pernicious" influence on the decision.
"If an accused came from a more disadvantaged background or had a less prestigious career, he would not have this card to say, 'My career is important, and I cannot have a criminal record,'" she said.
On Tuesday, Quebec's Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) said it will appeal Houle's sentence.
"A motion for permission to appeal is being drafted and will be filed with the Court of Appeal registry by July 21," the DPCP said in a statement.
RiderSyl wrote:You'd really think that defenders would communicate with each other about this. I know they're not a hivemind, but at least some level of PR skill would keep Quebecshire and Quebecshire from publically contradicting eac
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by WayNeacTia » Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:52 pm
RiderSyl wrote:You'd really think that defenders would communicate with each other about this. I know they're not a hivemind, but at least some level of PR skill would keep Quebecshire and Quebecshire from publically contradicting eac
wait
by Luziyca » Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:28 pm
Wayneactia wrote:https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/08/what-was-affected-by-the-rogers-outage-pretty-much-everything-.html
This has been less than amusing I must say. No cell phone, and no home internet. Can't pay for shit. I wonder what the government is planning to do about this?
by WayNeacTia » Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:23 am
Luziyca wrote:Wayneactia wrote:https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/08/what-was-affected-by-the-rogers-outage-pretty-much-everything-.html
This has been less than amusing I must say. No cell phone, and no home internet. Can't pay for shit. I wonder what the government is planning to do about this?
I hope at the bare minimum they uphold the CRTC's ruling that Shaw and Rogers be banned from merging.
As for me, it hasn't affected me quite as much since while my phone is part of Rogers, my TV and internet is handled by Shaw, so I'm not completely fucked like many people are across the country. Does suck big time, though.
RiderSyl wrote:You'd really think that defenders would communicate with each other about this. I know they're not a hivemind, but at least some level of PR skill would keep Quebecshire and Quebecshire from publically contradicting eac
wait
by Luziyca » Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:03 am
Wayneactia wrote:Luziyca wrote:I hope at the bare minimum they uphold the CRTC's ruling that Shaw and Rogers be banned from merging.
As for me, it hasn't affected me quite as much since while my phone is part of Rogers, my TV and internet is handled by Shaw, so I'm not completely fucked like many people are across the country. Does suck big time, though.
Interac being down across the country is fucked. Who carries cash anymore, let alone the 200 bucks required to fill your vehicle with gas.....
by Bear Stearns » Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:44 am
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