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Doug
Collins

ON THE OTHER HAND

"” WILL CANADA’s worst
mass murderer be paroled
two years from now?

it’s not a silly question. In this
here Wimpland anything is possible
and the law allows Clifford Olsen
_ and other sub-humans to apply for
early release.

“But, you may ask, isn’t there a
mandatory 25-year sentence for
first-degree killers? Yes. And no.

* ‘The 25-year “minimum” was
introduced in 1976 — even for cop-
__ killers and the like. It was a trade-

off for getting rid of that nasty old
noose.

The man behind it all was leftist
Warren Allmand. He was solicitor
general at the time and is now
chairraan of the Commons ju-.tice
committee.

_ Allmand never wanted those
. longer’sentences. He believes in the
. inborn goodness of the unfortunate
crimina]J class, all of whom proba-
bly had bad daddies.

That's why he announced, also
in the 1970s, that punishment was
OUT, and rehabilitation IN.

You can read the results of that
dream every day in the papers.

He played a sneaky little trick,
too. Killers could apply for early
parole after serving only 15 years.

At the time, few took any notice
of that and even fewer knew about it.
He called it the “faint-hope” clause,
otherwise known as Section 745.

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“Faint hope” conveyed the
impression that a first-degree mur-
derer would have almost ne chance
of using it. There would be safe-
guards. Blah blah and blah.

But the Canadian Police
Association (CPA) states that up to
May of this year there had been 60
early parole hearings of which 43
have been successful. They are
made to a judge and jury and only
a two-thirds majority favoring
parole is needed for the killer to be
able to roam the streets again.

Over the next 15 years, says the
CPA, anather 655 cases will come
up for review, including 91 in B.C.

Olsen is only one of many
vicious killers — like Gregory
Fischer and Itis buddy who left a
party in Saskatchewan with the
stated intention of killing a cop for
fun.

They
removed the
licence plates
from thcir car to
attract police
attention and
then shot the
RCMP guy who
stepped them.

Their case is
up for review
and there has
already been
one hearing. But
— unbelievably
~— the judge
ruled there has
to be another
because com-
plaints from the victim's family
made it difficult for the jury to
remain impartial. But what is there
to be impartial about?

We must be fair, you see. To the
killers, that is. The injured parties
don't seem to count. .

That’s right in line with
Allmand’s reasoning.

“For many of these murderers it
was the only crime they committed
in their life,” he has said. “It's
crazy to keep them in jail when the
prisons are overcrowded.”

Here’s another example of
Allmand’s wisdom: “To keep them
in jail for 25 years is in my view a
waste of resources, a waste of a
person's life.”

66 We must be fair,
you see, To the killers,
that is. The injured
parties don’t seem to
count. 99

etic

Of course. Why send them to
prison acall? Why not employ
them as social workers?

Allmand’s whining on behalf of
trash is all part of the Ottawa sick-
ness.

Justice Minister Atlan Rock has
been feeling a bit of heat recently,
for instance. So has our wonderful
Immigration Minister. So has the
Minister of Finance. That's why
they have been making noises
about change. But it's all shadow
and little substance.

Rock has said he has no inten-
tion of changing Section 745. So
the police are getting up a national
petition.

The rot goes right through the
system. Many murders are no
longer murder. They’re manslaugh-
ter, as in the case of that guy who
carved his wife
up. ploughed
her ashes into
the garden, and
got off with
five years,
serving only
three.

Meanwhile,
those who have
made the grade
as first-degree
murderers learn
how to pray the
game.

The word is:
“Show
remorse, be a
model prisoner
and give the
tight responses when the shrink
comes round.” :

It all starts from the bottom up.
How do you like this one, reported
recently in a Surrey paper?

“Young convicts at Willingdon
Youth Detention Centre are given
money to buy pop and pizzas if
they stay out of trouble. If they
misbehave, their punishment is to
not be paid.” ;

Wouid lots of pop and pizzas
prevent first-degree murders being
committed? Warren Allmand prob-
ably thinks so.

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