A while ago I was rather incensed at a new sentencing ruling put forth that said judges should not impose sentences longer than the expected life span of the convicted. I think it's just another ridiculous ruling that has no real meaning other than old people now get the same discount on crime that aboriginals, women and minorities get. I mean, if you're 75 and male you're living on borrowed time according to life expectancy stats so does that mean you get no jail time at all? Because any sentence at that age is a life sentence. And if you are 55 and commit first degree murder do we strike down the required 25 years as cruel punishment?
Sometimes I think Canada's "justice" system is a lost cause so it is very refreshing to see the Americans know how to deal with crime. Jim Sandusky raped at least 10 boys over a number of years at Penn State and in his home. He is 65 years old. In Canada his sentence would be a Graham James-like 2 years. In the US he is getting a minimum of 60 and up to 400 years. There is no bulk discount down there, you pay for each crime. He will die in prison. He may even find out what it's like to be on the receiving end in the shower. That is justice.
