From “Duty.” Chapter 10. The Trial of the Munros. Page 165:
“Judge Callaghan told Jamie [Munro] he would be imprisoned for life without eligibility for parole until he had served twelve years.
Appeals were filled for both Craig and Jamie, and in 1983 they were both rejected. But for all intents and purposes, the trial of the Munro brothers was over on Saturday, February 8, 1981, when their guilt was there for a whole city – and a whole country – to see. That was the day Dave and I escorted the Munro brothers out of the courtroom and on to jail. It was the finale to a long, arduous, difficult and traumatic case. It was gratifying to me and to Dave and to Eddy Adamson and to all of us who had worked so hard on this case.
But if it was a victory, it wasn’t a pleasant one. To this day I believe justice would have been better served if we’d had capital punishment. Craig Munro, if not his brother as well, deserved it."
From “Duty.” Chapter 12. Two Little Girls and A Trail of Broken Hearts. Page 192:
“I have always been very protective of children, both on the home front and in the public domain, but knowing what I know and realizing that children can be preyed upon has made me an extremely protective grandfather. Child murders and the vicious abuse of children have much deeper meaning to me than the evening news because I have seen the handiwork of these animals up close which is why I believe some cases cry out for capital punishment. It wouldn’t bother me to pull the switch, open the trap door, or give the lethal injection to such killers of children. Predators must know there will be certain and severe consequences for their actions."
Thanks to Joseph Uranowski for showing this to me
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I hope we're not seeing the planned Liberal attacks against Fantino in the upcoming by-election. If the Libs think that Fantio's support for the death penalty for child killers is going to get them any traction, they may as well just hand the riding to Fantino.
Here's the thing -- child murders are monsters (frankly so are adult murderers). But remember Guy Paul Morin or Steve Truscott or William Mullins-Johnson? Canada's system has enough failures to make it certain that the death penalty - even for child murderers - will result in innocent people being put to death. And that's only one reason why the death penalty is a bad idea. I am not necessarily opposed to all the Conservative crime initiatives -- some make some sense -- but the death penalty is not something Canada should bring back.
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I sometimes work in the riding of Vaughan. I notice that the Fantino campaign seems well organized with the signs. My big recommendation for the Liberals is not to attack Fantino, but to go after Harper. I do hope that Ignatieff does show up to support Mr. Genco, the Liberal candidate.
I should have clarified that it would be OK to go after Fantino. However, Harper is the big game.
Reminiscent of Art Hanger.
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