{"id":42171,"date":"2015-02-13T19:09:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42171"},"modified":"2015-02-13T19:09:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:09:42","slug":"harper-says-legislation-coming-to-prevent-early-release-for-repeat-offenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/13\/harper-says-legislation-coming-to-prevent-early-release-for-repeat-offenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper says legislation coming to prevent early release for repeat offenders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VICTORIAVILLE, Quebec — The federal government will introduce legislation aimed at preventing repeat offenders from being released after serving two-thirds of their sentence.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday the proposed change will be tabled “very soon.”<\/p>\n

He made the announcement in Victoriaville, Que., following through on a commitment made by the Conservatives in the 2013 throne speech.<\/p>\n

“I can’t say it more clearly,” Harper said. “Justice is not only for the accused, it’s also for the victim.”<\/p>\n

Under the current law, offenders serving a fixed-term federal sentence can serve the last one-third of their sentence in the community under supervision and subject to conditions.<\/p>\n

But proposed amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act would seriously restrict statutory release for repeat federal offenders who have previously received a prison sentence of five years or more which include a serious violent component.<\/p>\n

Harper says it’s unacceptable that Canadians fall prey to violent offenders, who have benefited from early release after repeatedly committing violent crimes.<\/p>\n

Harper was standing before a group of people in attendance who he said had their lives shattered by criminals and were “innocent victims of terrible events that resulted in wounds that will never heal.”<\/p>\n

“I would like to assure you that, from now on, victims will be treated with great respect, compassion, and the justice to which they are entitled,” Harper told them.<\/p>\n

The prime minister took part in a roundtable discussion Thursday that studied a number of other potential amendments to the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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