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Liberal race-based sentencing undermines the rule of law

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Since 1982, a statue of Lady Justice has stood in front of the Vancouver Law Courts, her eyes blindfolded to highlight the ideal that justice should be applied evenly regardless of wealth, power or race. Yet over the past 30 years, Parliament and the courts have systematically restored her sight, creating a system that shows leniency to offenders based on the colour of their skin and denies justice to their victims. This is wrong. Sentences should be based on the severity of the crime and the likelihood of recidivism, not a perpetrator’s racial or cultural background.

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