11-04-2020, 09:25 PM
On the topic of these fires, and the suspect making bail: those with good access to money, equals good access to lawyers, which equals better court outcomes. My experience has shown me that one can make bail, even if the crime is serious, such as what happened at WalMart, for example, or someone who murdered or killed a person. On the other hand, I have known of individuals who have not made bail for far less serious offences (public intoxication comes to mind).
The whole idea of innocent until proven guilty of false, though. If this had any truth, you wouldn’t have loads of people rotting in places like Maplehurst/Vanier awaiting trial — they are not convicts, as they have not been convicted of a crime. What they do have in common is crappy jobs, and little access to copious amounts of money. That basically means duty council when they go to court. No legal aid, and no paid lawyer. This is our system.
As for the firebug, the police have more than enough information to know who did this. Things like social media (facebook with users showing off their car, including license plates) quite often can link someone to crimes. Here is the thing, this guy made “bail” because they had the money for a good lawyer, and to cover bail (not real money, just a promise). This doesn’t make me feel any safe, though. Someone setting fires to 3 WalMart’s knows this is wrong. They know it could cause serious injury or death. It’s not a victimless crime. And if this guy decides to set something else on fire, then we’re just repeating history that happens over and over and over again. That history is people either making bail, or serving low sentences, for serious crimes, only to repeat, and with dire consequences.
Hopefully he’ll see his day in court quickly, and pay for this crime.
The whole idea of innocent until proven guilty of false, though. If this had any truth, you wouldn’t have loads of people rotting in places like Maplehurst/Vanier awaiting trial — they are not convicts, as they have not been convicted of a crime. What they do have in common is crappy jobs, and little access to copious amounts of money. That basically means duty council when they go to court. No legal aid, and no paid lawyer. This is our system.
As for the firebug, the police have more than enough information to know who did this. Things like social media (facebook with users showing off their car, including license plates) quite often can link someone to crimes. Here is the thing, this guy made “bail” because they had the money for a good lawyer, and to cover bail (not real money, just a promise). This doesn’t make me feel any safe, though. Someone setting fires to 3 WalMart’s knows this is wrong. They know it could cause serious injury or death. It’s not a victimless crime. And if this guy decides to set something else on fire, then we’re just repeating history that happens over and over and over again. That history is people either making bail, or serving low sentences, for serious crimes, only to repeat, and with dire consequences.
Hopefully he’ll see his day in court quickly, and pay for this crime.