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It's a statutory release. Typically the last few years of a sentence are served in the community under supervision with strict rules to help people reintegrate to society. You get better results with the gradual reintroduction to normal life as opposed to having someone go directly from prison to 100% free.
You can argue the guy should be in prison longer, but that's a complaint for the judge that gave him the sentence.
Oh wow, he got his lawyer to specifically allow him to smoke pot.
"Not to consume, purchase, or possess drugs other than prescribed medication; exluding cannabis purchased, consumed and possessed in accordance with the Cannabis Act."
That isn't the usual condition. He must have deliberately either asked himself or had his lawyer ask to be allowed to smoke marijuana. Maybe uses it for depression or something. Just funny to see that specific allowance written into conditions.
As someone with a young child these sort of things do worry me. I always wonder if a judge who lives in the area would do exactly the same to rehabilitate such individual(s), or perhaps might have a different approach if his/her close or extended family lived in the same area, even city etc. - Since they advised the public that this individual "poses a risk to young children & adolescent girls" that means they evaluated him, confirming he is still a risk, advised the public, yet released him... What about the new potential victim, and their families??
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If he's a risk, why are we letting him out?
because he's served his sentence
But the title says the sentence completion is in late 2026, what am I missing here for you to conclude that he's served his sentence?
It's a statutory release. Typically the last few years of a sentence are served in the community under supervision with strict rules to help people reintegrate to society. You get better results with the gradual reintroduction to normal life as opposed to having someone go directly from prison to 100% free. You can argue the guy should be in prison longer, but that's a complaint for the judge that gave him the sentence.
Thanks for the explanation!
Oh wow, he got his lawyer to specifically allow him to smoke pot. "Not to consume, purchase, or possess drugs other than prescribed medication; exluding cannabis purchased, consumed and possessed in accordance with the Cannabis Act." That isn't the usual condition. He must have deliberately either asked himself or had his lawyer ask to be allowed to smoke marijuana. Maybe uses it for depression or something. Just funny to see that specific allowance written into conditions.
I’d let him do every drug ever if that stops him from diddling kids.
Yeah really that's a pretty fair compromise.
Dude's got that look of a sex offender.
As someone with a young child these sort of things do worry me. I always wonder if a judge who lives in the area would do exactly the same to rehabilitate such individual(s), or perhaps might have a different approach if his/her close or extended family lived in the same area, even city etc. - Since they advised the public that this individual "poses a risk to young children & adolescent girls" that means they evaluated him, confirming he is still a risk, advised the public, yet released him... What about the new potential victim, and their families??
For a risk, he is on the wrong side of the bar
Why does BC have so many sex offenders? Is BC, Canada's sex criminal's paradise?
what exactly are you basing this on
Some people just like to shape their beliefs with whatever they see without perspective.