Wil's Rant

They think the person who did it may have been seeking revenge. Revenge for the person he killed several years earlier in a drunk driving incident. Now here's the thing, he killed the guy four years earlier. He was killed at his home. That means he hit and killed someone, went through all the legal proceedings, served whatever sentence he received, and managed to be back home within four years where he was killed. Suffice to say, the sentence couldn't have been very harsh. Now consider how the family of the dead cyclist must feel every day that they think about this guy walking around, enjoying his life, when the innocent victim lies dead. Now is it really hard to wonder what could drive a person to take this kind of action when the legal system obviously will not take an appropriate response. This goes the same for all those cases where a criminal commits a brutal murder and is able to plea themselves down to manslaughter and get a five year sentence. This means that they will likely only serve three. This my friends is not justice. The laws have to change in order to give the rights back to the victims again. While I believe that people should be protected from unjust prosecution, criminals must be made to serve sentences more in tune with their crimes. For society to function properly, citizens must be secure in the concept of their personal safety. They must feel as if justice is being done. Some of the largest American cities with the highest crime levels have managed to make huge gains in reducing youth violent crime. This same type of crime has been on a massive increase within Canadian cities. Perhaps it's time to call people like Rudolph Guliani and find out what they did and implement some of those same steps here.