Young Criminals are laughing at us all!!
Recently the Supreme Court of Canada made things easier for young offenders by ruling that drug sniffing dogs cannot be used to find drugs in school lockers; essentially giving teenagers a safe deposit box to hide things they don’t want their parents, teachers, or the police to see. Not long after that misguided judgement; the Supreme court of Canada ruled again on another issue. They decided that teens who are charged with serious adult crimes like rape, aggravated assault, manslaughter and murder should get a break. Now it’s up to the crown to prove to the courts that the young offenders are really “bad” so that they may be processed accordingly? I believe the YCJA is a necessary evil. However because it’s “fair” for everyone it also provides us with bad kids who laugh in our faces. They don’t care. Yesterday a sixteen year old armed robbery suspect was arrested in our town. He’s a bad bugger. I wonder how easily he’ll get off in the court system? In addition to this, last week in Winnipeg three youths aged 14, 15, and 17 were accused of ramming police vehicles and trying to mow down a detective, injuring two officers and causing a third to open fire! It’s obvious that some youth don’t care and they thumb their noses at us with stern indignation. Aren’t these the kind of “boys” who should get a YCJA “break”? I don’t think so, but they will, because the laws that protect all, also lets off the very guilty under our ”kiss the kid” criminal justice system.
Jeff Allan