Lots of finger pointing on bail (the problem is not just bail BTW) and repeat offenders, I really think the items below need to be fixed before just adding more laws...
- Current jails in Ontario are full/over capacity so apparently judges are being lenient on bail as there is no place to put them.
- Same with repeat offenders, no place to put them.
- Of course some are also being lenient just on their view points.
- The number of offenders walking on charter/speedy trial is way up as there is not enough capacity in the Ontario court system.
- Police are frustrated with catch and release due to the above but also seem to drop the ball procedure wise far to often IMO, criminals released (not convicted) because they messed up.
Now other provinces have similar issues BUT Ontario has the power to fix the above HERE and no new laws are needed, just enforce the ones on the books now! Then tweak. There was tough talk on holding judges to task by the current Ontario government a while back, what happened to that, why are judges still being too lenient, I thought Dougie was fixing this?
Where is the needed increase in court capacity to stop charter walks? How does some new law fix that?
So some new law gets passed at whatever level how does that change any of the above, specially capacity issues, magic? FIFO jails, add one, release one? We see this with driving bans, why are they violating bail or bans and getting bail again? So which hardened criminal do we release to get them a bed?
Do we need better police training or at least some repercussions for screwing up evidence?
A family member is a criminal defence attorney (specializing in gun crimes. gangs, murders) and the stories of the utter incompetence of the courts, crown and police are shocking, her success rate is in the 80% range. Bail is all but a given. Both due mostly to the above points, new laws don;t fix that.
Then there is the greater discussion about the judicial system (justice is a bad description these days) rehabilitates to prevent recidivism.
