After hearing Chris Carbert’s and Tony Olienick’s sentence, someone who knew nothing of Canada might think its court system unforgivingly harsh.
They might think men far more fearsome than Carbert and Olienick, who have committed actual crimes against others (unlike Carbert and Olienick), are serving exhausting sentences behind maximum security bars.
But they’d be wrong.
Take Anmol Sandhu and Navpreet Dhaliwal, for example. They’re vicious gang members charged with conspiracy to commit murder, trafficking controlled substances, and various firearms offences.
They were released on bail this August.
What about Gagandeep Singh? He was an illegal immigrant speeding down the wrong side of the 401 after he attempted to rob a liquor store. He killed 4 people in a crash, and he was able to do so because he was out on bail after committing multiple offences.
And yet as bad as all that is, surely someone like convicted child sex offender Cyle Larson, who’s re-offended multiple times, is spending his life behind bars?
He’s not. He was released on bail – again – and was left to prowl in Edmonton. But don’t worry, the Edmonton Police released a warning that said Larsen’s a sexual offender who “poses risk of significant harm to the community, has a long history of deviant behaviour, and will commit another sexual offence against someone under 16.”
Canada’s courts are clearly compromised, for it seems the secret to evading Canada’s criminal justice system is to commit a crime.
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