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What System Might You Ask...Our Criminal "Justice" System

This system is crazy

Joe Warmington

Last Updated: 27th January 2010, 9:04am

Comment:

* Lax bail system

* Concurrent sentencing

* Credit for time served

* Criminal's rights overide victim's rights
  
Letters to the Editor

By Sun Readers

Why do we continue to give violent dangerous criminals a slap on the wrist?

A Couple Of Questions For Those Morally Outraged!

* How many of the "Johns" have been charged?

* Are the "principles" who are involved cooling their butts in jail with no bail?

* Where are the names and pictures published in the main stream media?

Girl, 15, worked in brothel: Cops

By TAMARA CHERRY, TORONTO SUN

A 15-year-old girl was recruited from a downtown youth shelter to work at a massage parlour that was operating as a brothel, police said yesterday.

The information comes as no surprise to vice cops who busted up Toronto Health Spa earlier this month after receiving tips that workers were recruiting vulnerable teens to work as prostitutes.

Where Is The Moral Outrage When It Is Gangstas

The cops and the courts

It is hard enough to hear of police officers being charged with abusing their powers. But it is inexcusable when prosecutorial bungling prompts judges to rule that justice delayed is justice denied for these accused cops.

An Innocent Person Was Killed Due To Gangsta Activity

I wait patiently for the outrage and condemnation by mainstream media and politicians but I guess I will have to wait for the "Afgan torture" circus to end......

Jane Creba and the meaning of 'hype'

Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:52 AM by NP Editor

Manslaughter charges against four men accused of involvement in the Boxing Day murder of Jane Creba in 2005 were thrown out Monday after the lead prosecutor told the court there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

David Midanik, a lawyer representing one of the four, accused authorities of overreacting to the furor that followed the slaying of Ms. Creba, telling reporters the Creba tragedy was "hyped" by the media.

"At no point was the evidence cogent against them," said Mr. Midanik. "But for the hype my client never would have been charged," he added.

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This Is Also The Case For All Non-Native Citizens

Two standards of policing failed the residents of Caledonia

CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD

Chasing smoke

It's Mounties vs. tobacco runners along the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall. A lot more than cheap cigarettes may be at stake

It is a big - and illegal - business worth millions: One where jet-black speed boats race against time, and the RCMP, to deliver illegal cigarettes between Akwesasne Mohawk territory and Cornwall, Ontario. Star videographer Randy Risling captured he hunt. (November 13, 2009)

A rule of one's own

A proposal by the Gitxsan hereditary chiefs in northwest British Columbia to emancipate their band from the Indian Act is promising, and shows an admirable pragmatism and creativity. Nov 13, 2009

Police Media To Be Congratulated....Major Crime Committed But No Profiling

Police seek several suspects after two teens shot

Updated: Tue Nov. 10 2009 7:02:44 AM

ctvtoronto.ca

Two teens spent the night in hospital recovering from gunwounds after a shootout in west-end Toronto.

The victims, ages 17 and 18, were shot in a parking lot located at the side of Starbank Convenience Mart, located on Eglinton West near Dufferin Street, at around 8:30 p.m.

One man was shot several times in the legs while the other was shot in the back. Their injuries are not life-threatening, police say.

Authorities told CTV Toronto they are looking for three suspects, all between the ages of 18 and 25. They were wearing fitted ball caps, dark track suits and hooded sweatshirts.

They were last seen fleeing on foot, going northbound on Locksley Avenue.

Police spent the night at the scene gathering evidence, shell casings and collecting footage from surveillance cameras. Investigators say they believe the victims were targeted.

Anyone with information is being asked to call police at 13 Division, 416-808-1300 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS.

Another Instance Where The Law Is An Ass

Fiorito: We're far too quick to dismiss treasures as trash

November 06, 2009

Joe Fiorito

Lilly has a curfew. She has to be in by 10 p.m. We met one night when she had a few minutes to spare before going up to her apartment. We sat on a chilly bench in St. James Town. We'll get to the curfew in a minute.

Everyone knows Lilly in the neighbourhood. She has a small business, a makeshift table in the makeshift market. "We call it The Boardwalk. People are selling there, lots of people." The stock in Lilly's trade are the things she finds in dumpsters, of which there is a sufficiency in St. James Town.

Your dumpster is her cornucopia.

She has found pots and pans and toasters, sets of dishes, articles of clothing, furniture and musical instruments.

"I have found old books. I have found playbills from the '30s. I have even found gold," she said in her deep, rich voice.

Gold?

"Bracelets, earrings."

She calls her dumpster work "boutique-ing." She knows that some of her neighbours don't have a lot of money for the nicer things, or even for the necessities. "I don't make a lot, but I give good prices."

If her prices are low and her profits are minimal, at least her

self-respect is right up there where it should be: "I don't ask the government to buy my cigarettes, to buy my cat food." She has two cats, Blackie and Pinkie.

She lit a smoke and waved it around and said, "People think the people who live here are garbage. We're not garbage, even though people have thrown us away."

There is a parallel, of course, with her work – the things she finds in dumpsters have also been thrown away, but they have value if you care to look.

The security guards in the neighbourhood are familiar with Lilly. She has been boutique-ing for 20 years. Mostly, they let her be.

But sometimes the security guards, especially the newer ones, have a little sport with her. "They hide in the darkness by the dumpsters. They jump out at me and go, `Ha!' They don't scare me."

Lilly is not afraid of the dark, nor does she fear little sadists in uniform. "They give me tickets not to come there. They look like parking tickets."

But Lilly was arrested twice recently, and that's the reason for her curfew.

The first arrest was for trespassing, and the second was for the same thing, but this time when they looked in her purse they found pills – prescription drugs, not in her name.

Lilly said, "Yes, prescription medicine; somebody died, they threw her things out."

But Lilly, drugs? "When I go picking, I'm in my own world. I see things and I pick them up. Lots of things I end up throwing out."

She ended up in the slammer.

"It was the worst night of my life. The bed, a slab of cement. The floor, cement. The toilet, stainless. They took my shoes and socks. I was so cold, I was begging for heat, doing exercises to keep warm."

She got bail the next day; until she goes to court she has to report to Scarborough once a week, a condition of her bail. Scarborough is a long way away on public transit.

"I have to be in by 10 p.m. and I have to stay in my apartment until 6 a.m. If the police come to my door and I don't answer right away ... My life is going out at night to the garbage. I don't have activity now."

Her business in the interim?

Also in the dumpster.

Joe Fiorito usually appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

David Chen, Pat Marshall And A Multitude of Others....

...VICTIMS PUNISHED while perps go free.
'Trapped in a nightmare'

By MARK BONOKOSKI

Even Christine Elliott -- Tory MPP, deputy leader of the Official Opposition at Queen's Park, real estate lawyer, and mother -- knows that Patricia Marshall and her two young daughters are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Thanks To SDA

And in Ontario we have the David Chen travesty.

It's official: Federal inmates now have more rights than truck drivers.

Posted by Kate at 10:19 PM

It Is A Tie Between Britain And Canada In The Nanny State Race

The high cost of being soft on crime

Posted: October 07, 2009, 2:30 PM by Araminta Wordsworth

Full Comment's Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: In the nanny state that is contemporary Britain, no one should be punished for committing a minor crime, such as mugging an old lady for her pension or shoplifting or driving while drunk.

Sounds risible, doesn’t it? But this call comes from the people in charge of keeping criminals behind bars, the Prison Governors Association. Short sentences don’t work, says its head. Instead offenders should be given a slap on the wrist, and obliged to do community service instead of prison time.

“It is in nobody’s interests for these people to be wrenched away from home and then spat out from prison with much the same problems weeks or a few months later,” argued Paul Tidball, the PGA president, before admitting the real reason: “It is even more compelling now we really can’t afford, literally, to be locking people up unnecessarily.”

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Let's See If JUSTICE Is Returning To The Judicial System

Christie Blatchford

Three murder convictions and a temper tantrum

It was all a sharp reminder that the three who for almost eight weeks had presented as college students were anything but.

Nothing New Here.......

Victims' treatment is the crime

By SUN MEDIA

Treating criminals better than their victims must stop.

A Double Standard

Say no to Mohawkistan

.....the actions of unions, indians and other left wing designated groups get a pass from police for actions that would get the average Canadian charged. Try setting up a blockade on your street, taking over a government office, smuggling contraband, etc.

Tories Have "Attack Ads" Liberals Shield Those Breaking The Law

Loyal Tamil backers could march over to NDP, Liberals fear
As protesters rallied at Queen's Park, the Tamils' plight dominated the weekly Liberal caucus meeting, with MPPs urging Premier Dalton McGuinty to support a politically loyal community.

How Much Does It Cost To Collect A Parking Fine In Court

Who owes what and where they're from
By BRYN WEESE
Last year, the city's parking officers handed out 113,781 mostly $30 parking tickets to out-of-province drivers.

Define Illegal In The USA

Gasp: DHS Secretary alarmed that immigration laws enforced under her watch
By Michelle Malkin • February 26, 2009 09:04 AM

Oh, the open-borders crowd’s heads are exploding.

Under President Obama and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano’s watch, federal immigration agents had the nerve to — gasp! — enforce immigration laws.

How could this happen? Quick, launch an investigation! This must not be allowed to stand!

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday ordered a review of a raid at an engine plant in Washington State that resulted in the arrests of 28 people suspected of being illegal immigrants.

A high-level official in the Department of Homeland Security said that Ms. Napolitano had not been informed about the raid on Tuesday before it happened, and that she was seeking details about its planning and scope.

“She was not happy about it because it’s inconsistent with her position, and the president’s position on these matters,” said the official, who agreed to discuss the matter on condition of anonymity because the secretary had not authorized the conversation.
You can be sure the taxpayer-funded National Council of Raza will use all the earmark money it will be receiving to lobby aggressively for comprehensive shamnesty:

The National Council of La Raza urged supporters to call the White House and demand Mr. Obama lay out his immigration policy, while the National Immigration Forum said the raid was an unwelcome continuation of Bush administration policies.

“What are Latino and immigrant voters to think? They turn out in massive numbers and vote for change and yet ‘change we can believe in’ turns out to be ‘business as usual,’ ” said Ali Noorani, executive director of the forum.

He called for a halt to the raids while Homeland Security conducts its review of immigration policies.
As for the poor, innocent workers nabbed in the raid, guess what? The raid was the result of a gang investigation:

“Information derived from two gang members previously arrested in an ICE gang operation led to the initiation of the work-site investigation at Yamato Engine Specialists,” said press secretary Kelly Nantel. “Follow-up investigation uncovered a potentially large number of illegally employed workers. ICE conducted the operation in order to identify and if appropriate, apprehend any unauthorized workers and to further determine potential criminal activity.”
Homeland Security officials worried about gang and criminal activity?

This must not stand!

Woe Is Me! Woe Is Me! Who To Believe

Pixels For Pistols A Success: Police

Tuesday December 16, 2008

CityNews.ca Staff

Streets are now shooting galleries

By SUN MEDIA The latest victim of random gunfire in Toronto -- a 12-year-old boy named Terrance -- chillingly and accurately described what's happening on our streets these days.

Will We See Justice Or Politics

Crown to seek adult sentence in Creba murder trial

I will bet we will see......

* allowances for time in custody

* concurrent sentencing.

Creba Killer Called 'A Nice Guy' As Crown Asks For Adult Sentence

Solution? Rename Area

Police probe second shooting in Jane-Finch area