[Newsbot]

Title: Drunk driver who killed family of 4 moved to 'healing lodge' after serving 1 month
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Strutz
Date: 2017-02-25 10:39:36
Canadian

[GreenTiger]

How polically correct.

[ShepherdsDog]

We also have Gladue Report Garbage. It's pathetic. Gang bangers with a lengthy criminal record steal a truck, drive drunk fleeing from the police and kill a couple kids.....slap on the wrist...as little as two years in prison.

[BRAH]

So if Garland was First Nations he would get the same treatment.

[martin14]

Strutz, good call on putting this in the Law and Order section,

because there isn't any.

Just disgusting.

[BeaverFever]

What's the problem? She's still being held in a correctional nstitution. It's not like she's a escape risk who needs to be in Supermax.

She'll probably be LESS likely to reoffend upon release if she's getting treatment.

[fifeboy]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

What's the problem? She's still being held in a correctional nstitution. It's not like she's a escape risk who needs to be in Supermax.

She'll probably be LESS likely to reoffend upon release if she's getting treatment.

[ShepherdsDog]

No more or no less than inmates serving time in regular correctional facilities. It's not like she was living a traditional native lifestyle before this accident happened.

[bootlegga]

$1:

Regina mental health councillor and residential school survivor Grant Severight also defended the use of a healing lodge for McKay.

“She didn’t get up that morning to say, ‘I’m going to go onto a highway in a drunken stupor, I’m going to run into this car and I’m going to kill people,’” he said. “She never planned that.”

Irregardless, she still did it and should suffer the same consequences. Unfortunately, far too many assholes get shit-faced, get behind the wheel and then kill people, and their punishment is far too light.

Richard Suter killed a little boy and only got 26 months AFTER the Crown appealed the sentence.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... -1.3932285

Drunk drivers who kill need super long sentences IMHO

[housewife]

One month in is a little early to be talking about unsupervised day passes and her release. Yeah she didn't plan it but so what. Our system is too soft on crime and too understanding of people's problems. No one forced her into driving. And what they are going to release her and say she's banned from driving cause that works so very well. What's the point in spending the time and money on a trial if they are just going to release people or count the time waiting as double the days. The system has gone crazy. The stupid crap about how it's not their fault cause of their childhood and blah blah blah has to end at some point people have to grow up and take responsibility for their actions. So rise above it or put the bottle to your head. Don't care which

[BRAH]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

What's the problem? She's still being held in a correctional nstitution. It's not like she's a escape risk who needs to be in Supermax.

She'll probably be LESS likely to reoffend upon release if she's getting treatment.

The problem is if she wasn't First Nations she would be doing time in a real prison time not Club Med.

bootlegga bootlegga:

$1:

Regina mental health councillor and residential school survivor Grant Severight also defended the use of a healing lodge for McKay.

“She didn’t get up that morning to say, ‘I’m going to go onto a highway in a drunken stupor, I’m going to run into this car and I’m going to kill people,’” he said. “She never planned that.”

Irregardless, she still did it and should suffer the same consequences. Unfortunately, far too many assholes get shit-faced, get behind the wheel and then kill people, and their punishment is far too light.

Richard Suter killed a little boy and only got 26 months AFTER the Crown appealed the sentence.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... -1.3932285

Drunk drivers who kill need super long sentences IMHO

The laws won't change until a few politicians lose loved ones to drunk drivers and that's the sad truth.

[Freakinoldguy]

Once again a person faces zero serious consequences for their illegal actions because of race yet, a family who was completely innocent of any wrong doing is left devastated.

How Canadian.

[BeaverFever]

Brah, Housewife, Martin and FOG:

You don't have to be first nations to go to a healing centre. These are Corrections Canada institutions available to the general inmate population if they're deemed suitable for that type of treatment. These are still corrections institutions and they're still serving their sentences. They are not getting "zero consequences" Why don't you people do some reading before going off half-cocked?

In fact I'm not even sure the accused in this case is FN.

[housewife]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Brah, Housewife, Martin and FOG:

You don't have to be first nations to go to a healing centre. These are Corrections Canada institutions available to the general inmate population if they're deemed suitable for that type of treatment. These are still corrections institutions and they're still serving their sentences. They are not getting "zero consequences" Why don't you people do some reading before going off half-cocked?

In fact I'm not even sure the accused in this case is FN.

I read the article second last paragraph they're talking about parole in a couple of years. I think that's sick. Once out there will conditions like no drinking no driving but that's hard to enforce. No one checks anything but age for drink and cars are easy enough to get. Unless you're pulled over no one will know.

May not be "zero consequences" but it is not to my mind full consequences. As for the treatment plan being based off FN who cares. I don't care if they are FN or not.

[BeaverFever]

$1:

McKay will likely be eligible for parole within a few years whether she’s at a healing lodge or not and “she’s going to make a better use of that (time) in the healing lodge.”

So if your problem is with the rules for parole, not anything to do with the healing lodge...