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DynamicSloth posted:Yes this was pretty much the definition of a Bill of attainder against Homolka and really should have been disallowed. Homolka certainly shiouldn't have been walking the streets after 5 years but that was a function of her original plea bargain, destroying the pardon system and making it impossible for many parolees to find employment for a decade or so after there release is just a nasty side effect. Was there even a significant chance of her getting the pardon? quote:This is the thing that most worries me about the Conservatives. The "lets get tough on crime" approach sells incredibly easily but is patently unnecessary when this is the status quo: I hate the Conservatives "tough on crime" bullshit. And the Liberals vote for every one of their awful laws because they're afraid of an election. Just last week there was a story about how crime dropped again this year! And yet the comments were all "we treat criminals with kiddie gloves! back in the day they threw em in the slammer and they straightened up!" I think modern media has a big effect on this. Every day on the news crimes are reported, creating the perception of a constant crime wave, even though the actual rates are dropping. Maybe once a year that will get reported, amid a deluge of crime stories.
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