Canada\u0027s kid\u002Dglove treatment of violent criminals today didn\u0027t happen by accident.
Responding for the Progressive Conservatives, MP Eldon Woolliams said: “I hope the minister realizes that crime is not only the fault of the prisoner but the fault of society as well. Everyone is born as clean as a white piece of paper. It is society that creates the environment which leads to crime.”
The practical effect of this Liberal philosophy, endorsed by the opposition, was to elevate rehabilitation of the offender — however faint the hope it would occur — above other purposes of sentencing such as denouncing unlawful conduct, deterrence and the protection of society.
Twenty-two cabinet ministers voted with Mulroney in favour of abolition. Only 15 supported restoring the death penalty.The Young Offenders Act, eventually replaced by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, with its dramatically reduced sentences and guarantee of anonymity even for those convicted of murder, was part of this philosophy.
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