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Criminals no longer get double credit for time served


Law & Order | 206622 hits | Oct 23 3:40 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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Criminals will no longer receive a two-for-one credit for time served prior to sentencing, according to federal legislation that was given royal assent on Friday.

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:49 am
    Good, this 2 for 1 was a stupid idea to begin with.

  2. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:55 am
    Holy shit!! Someone in the justice system actually did something that makes sense??
    Mark this day on your calendar peeps, it'll be a long time before it happens again.

    It's about damn time

  3. by avatar Hyack
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:03 am
    You do realize this only pertains to time served prior to sentencing and has nothing to do with the actual length of sentence.

  4. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:05 am
    Yep, but it's a start.

  5. by avatar Yogi
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:42 am
    Watch this speed up the backlog of pending trials. The 'accused' have for years, been getting their lawyers to delay for as long as possible knowing they would be getting '2 4 1'.

  6. by TattoodGirl
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:16 am
    I am very hesitant to open a bottle of campaign yet. I trust the Canadian judicial system as much as I trust a Michael Myers wannabe to take me to the movies

  7. by avatar OldChum
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:05 am
    It is a start but we have a long way to go, next mandatory minimums and no parole for sex offenders . Wonder if Stephen has the heart to fight that one through, for that matter any politician

  8. by avatar CanadianJeff
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:24 am
    It's about time. If you do the crime you should do the time. All of it.

  9. by avatar Benn
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:54 pm
    Good times!

    I bet someones trying to figure out how this violates their charter rights, good luck with that!

  10. by avatar KorbenDeck
    Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:42 pm
    Holy crap, I guess the Liberal senate was given a real talking to.

    Maybe they realized when they pissed off all 4 parties that it was a quick way to lose their jobs.



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