Re: “Coroner says beating led to death of North Delta senior,” The Leader, March 27.
Does the depth to which the criminal justice system in this province sinks know no bounds?
Not only are the individuals (with at least one girl amongst them) not going to be charged with manslaughter, but they’re not even going to be charged with assault. Am I missing something here, or does the system really stink that badly?
Then to add insult to injury, the granddaughter of the deceased was told that he shouldn’t have gone outside when the rabble appeared on his property and proceeded to vandalize two cars with baseball bats.
That was hardly the activity of anyone not bent on criminal intent. I’m assuming that it’s still a crime to vandalize someone else’s property. They certainly couldn’t claim that they were on their way to a baseball game and mistook the vehicles for large baseballs.
All I can say is that the vandals involved in that bit of criminally sociopathic activity can thank their lucky stars that I’m not in charge of criminal justice in this province.
Perhaps I should run for office on the Bring Back the Birch platform. Any backers? Or do the inmates already run the asylum?
Jon Christensen, Surrey
