Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to follow up on some of the questions I had earlier for the Minister of Justice. Mr. Speaker, I must start out by saying I have the utmost respect for the judicial system here in the Northwest Territories, but when there is a public outcry about light sentences handed out to violent offenders here in the Northwest Territories, the public has little recourse but to come to their elected officials and state that something is wrong if somebody is killing somebody and getting five years, or if an individual beats up their spouse and gets five months even though they have a lengthy record of a number of violent offences. I would like to ask the Minister if he is going to address the issue of light sentences being handed out to violent offenders here in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
David Ramsay on Question 409-16(5): Sentencing Of Violent Offenders
In the Legislative Assembly on February 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 409-16(5): Sentencing Of Violent Offenders
Oral Questions (Reversion)
February 7th, 2011
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