Re: Canada to Enforce Islamic Law

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Go Fig  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Nikolic, 48, was a deputy intelligence chief with the Bosnian Serb army's 
>> Bratunac brigade, which allegedly took part in the mass executions of 
>> civilians from the Muslim enclave of Srebrenica. 
>> 
>> The prosecution had demanded a jail term of 15 to 20 years. 
>> 
>> But this did not "adequately reflect the totality" of Nikolic's conduct, said 
>> presiding Judge Liu Daqun, instead passing the 27-year sentence.
>
>Good grief, the prosecution only wanted 15-20... isn't something wrong 
>with that?

Hang on.  The prosecution wanted 15-20 years (and presumably the 
prosecution knows all the weaknesses in the cases that no-one else
has picked up on), and the judge over-rules him and goes much higher.
And you are using this as an example of the court being soft???

>It not if he is 50 or 100, it is principle.  Why should this killer see 
>the light of day again ?

He'll be 75 when he is released (not sure how parole works, if there
is any ...).  Presumably at this point, he will not be a danger to
society any longer.  There's no point incarcerating someone out of
shear vindictiveness ... if you do that, you'll end up in the same
hole as our funny friends to the south, who have, per capita, 
incarcerated 10 times as many people as we have, and still have
higher violent crime rates.

Nick