[Newsbot]

Title: Junior hockey predator Graham James pardoned
Category: Sports
Posted By: Alta_redneck
Date: 2010-04-04 16:08:05
Canadian

[stokes]

How the hell did this guy get a pardon?????

[wildrosegirl]

$1:

His current whereabouts are unknown.

He'd be wise to make sure they stay that way.

This is unbelievable. Absof***inglutely unbelievable.

[gonavy47]

This so-called expert Dion, needs to be fired immediately. His main responsibility as a parole board member is to protect society. He has not done his job.

[Lemmy]

I understand why we give pardons. People make mistakes. When those are relatively minor mistakes and the offender has demonstrated genuine learning from that mistake, sure, they should be given a fresh start. But there should NEVER be pardons granted for violent offences or sex offences....NEVER.

[QBall]

$1:

Toews said he was surprised to learn that James, a former junior hockey coach, was granted a pardon in 2007 for sexual assaults against two teens...

Why are we only hearing about this three years later?

$1:

According to government records, James was one of 14,748 Canadians given a pardon in 2006-07, while 103 people were refused.

What the hell? WTF are the idiots at the parole board being paid for? We can hire a frickin' monkey to do their jobs at 1/10 their salary. Don't they have a brain cell that they can share amongst themselves to realize that what they're doing is not a good idea?