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There are absolutely repeat, violent offenders that keep coming in and out of the system, promising rehab programs and never following through, getting in contact with those they’re not meant to.
A judge recently gave a guy two years for killing an elderly Eritrean-Canadian man on the TTC. The guy had 48 convictions, 17 for violent crimes, and 10 convictions for assaulting people on public transport since 2017. The only long term restriction is that he’ll have to engage with a substance abuse program, the same one he’s already abandoned after being ordered to attend it twice before. It’s going to happen again. I can’t imagine what the family is going through. That’s one story, we all know many.
Rather than propose meaningful ways to fix broken parts of the system, Ford just does his idiotic shtick with suggestions like these to look like he cares but his hands are tied.
Because in the unlikely event that this isn’t what happened and the court finds them not guilty, the paper would be liable for damages that came from making that statement. Libel law exists, so they can’t just state it.
Hence running a quote, plus using the industry standard in the article, “alleged”. After the conviction it’s a matter of legal fact.
I’ve been considering a local wildflower mix to take over a section of mine- good for the bugs, less stupid expanse for me to mow.
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If I’m right about your intentions, you’re attempting to portray the author and paper as minimizing what happened to the kid. That doesn’t seem valid at all, given that a) the entire article is about what happened to the victim and outlining the case, and not disputing her claims b) it’s literally in the article as a quote, just read the thing already.
It’s the most populous state while also being one of the least developed in terms of economics, education, industry, and institutions.
There’s inherent bias to what the typical audience is expected to care about, so yes, salacious stories will be what breaks through more, rather than say people deploying renewables or having a literacy initiative.
At the same time though, there’s way too much crime and exploitation going on, largely due to the reasons above. So it’s both.