"Hassan Steven Jarrar, 40, was released on Friday after serving a 15-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting and beating a woman in 1996. Police have also released his photo.
The victim, who was found near the Leslie Street Spit, had injuries so severe she needed to relearn how to eat, walk and talk.
Police say Jarrar didn't accept counselling or treatment behind bars."
OK, I don't know where to start. There are so many parts of this story that make me absolutely raging mad. Let's start with the sentence. Fifteen 15 years? REALLY? She had to relearn how to eat, walk, and talk. Yeah, that's worth 15 years of his life. Heaven forbid we infringe on his rights. And now, he's being released after refusing any kind of treatment. So really, what are his chances at rehabilitation? He is listed as a dangerous offender....WHY WHY WHY did they let him out? If this was the US, he would have gotten a much more appropriate sentence. But this is Canada, and our hearts bleed for the poor criminals, like this guy who practically killed a woman, completely changed her life all because he couldn't control his obscene violent sexual urges. But we can't hurt his feelings now can we?
What about this quote: "The John Howard Society was not supportive of the police action, saying publicity like this can hinder an ex-prisoner's re-entry into society." What?!?!?!?!?!?! Are you effing kidding me? I can't say what I'm really thinking because my mother reads this blog and it would break her heart. But this John Howard Society is actually more concerned about his re-entry into society than the safety of the public who are subjected to having him roam around freely in their neighborhoods because 15 years is the maximum sentence for a crime like this? How could the police infringe on his privacy rights like that? Phffffft.....what a joke.
Obviously I applaud the Toronto Police for publishing this animal's photo and his crimes, and obviously they are bound by what conditions they can put him under. I have to say though, from my experience in my line of work, "conditions" do nothing. Look at the guy from the Eaton Centre Shooting who was on so called house arrest at the time. The police try their best, but how can you really enforce something like that? The only way to enforce conditions are to catch someone do something against their conditions. So this guy is free to rape and almost murder as many women as he wants between Tuesday and Sunday.
Everything about this makes me sick. All the courts care about are being fair to violent criminals and trying to rehabilitate them. I don't now if I would be less mad if he had received treatment while incarcerated but in my opinion, if you violently rape and almost murder someone to the point that they have to relearn basic human functions, you have lost your right to freely roam the streets.
**sigh**
When I'm Prime Minister there will be no such thing as a maximum sentence.
