Pubdate: Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2012 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact:  http://torontosun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457
Author: Brenda James

RESULTS OF SOFT SENTENCING

Re "Ecstasy nation" (Jan. 29): Canada is the number one source country
for synthetic drugs. This did not happen overnight. When the benefits
of crime (money/greed/control) outweigh the punishment, then crime
flourishes. Years of the leftist soft approach to crime and punishment
have left Canadians with this shame and proves the soft approach does
not work. Realistic prison sentencing for someone convicted of drug
trafficking would be a deterrent for those convicted, and should be a
general deterrent for everyone if the sentence reflects the
seriousness of the crime. What is the cost analysis of the revolving
door approach of light sentencing -- police, courts, probation, legal
aid, monetary and property losses, medical costs for victims'
rehabilitation/hospitals, etc.? But no analysis can put a dollar
amount on the wrecked lives because of what the drug traffickers and
other criminal activities have done to users and those who love them.
I commend Prime Minister Stephen Harpe! r for his tough stance on
crime and his agenda to build more prisons.

Brenda James

Toronto

(It would be nice if we could keep the traffickers in jail for at
least as long as it takes the police to complete the paperwork)
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