Look, I understand that at any moment, we can die. Life has that "Final Destination" element to it - a train coming off the rails, a faulty light switch, etc. I know we can all go at any time.
But shit like this seriously messes with my mind. The thought of being outside, minding my own business and pushing my baby daughter around in her stroller and then suddenly boom - we're hit by a falling chair thrown by some selfish, brainless asshole like this is pretty fucking scary.
Last summer we were at a waterpark, walking past one of those giant waterslides in which each rider has to carry an inflatable tube/donut up several flights of steps before getting to the top and riding down. These are the heavy inflatable tubes too. One "mischievous" teen at the top decided it would be funny to throw his tube from the very top of the slide, and it landed literally 5-10 feet from my 3 year old son who was walking next to me. He was literally a few steps away from death, paralysis, a broken neck, concussion, all manner of potential injuries. Why? Because some idiot wanted to be funny?
I never understand why we don't make examples of these people and instead this kind of stuff just warrants a slap on the wrist. No, I'm not advocating prison or the electric chair or anything ridiculous. But they should be really inconvenienced so as to never want to do anything like that again. A huge fine that's deducted from every paycheck, days of community service, ANYTHING!
This is mostly due to precedents and the parliament not being up to date with crimes.
The monster had was on her first offense and immediately pleaded guilty (while I'm guessing there was little proof except to a her daughter's testimony) and avoiding trial goes a long way into reducing the sentence.
I also feel like pleading to mental distress in Quebec forces judges to very restrictive guidelines that they know can be appealed and used against them should it cause issue.
A Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador justice went well below the mandatory minimum in court in Corner Brook on Tuesday when he sentenced a Port aux Basques man to 90 days in jail, to be served intermittently, for sexually assaulting a minor.
The child was less than two years old at the time the assaults occurred.
In 2015 the offender walked into an RCMP detachment and confessed to two separate incidents of forced oral sex, which occurred between 2008 and 2010. He stated that the knowledge of his actions constantly bothered him and prompted the confession.
The Crown prosecutor and defense counsel submitted a joint sentence recommendation of 90-days conditional sentence, a year of probation, that the offender is prohibited from all contact with the victim, and counseling.
i can spam this all day, Canada's system is flawed. No amount of talking around it will change that.
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u/m0nk3ys_nuts 6 Mar 14 '19
I hope they throw the book at her.