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Should prisoners serving life sentences for first degree murder be eligible for a parole hearing after 15 years?

In 2010 the Conservative government introduced a crime bill which would kill the so-called faint hope clause that allows some people serving life sentences to apply for parole after 15 years (instead of the usual 25 common for first-degree murder and other life sentence convictions). Opponents of the crime bill argue that extended prison sentences are cruel and will cost the government tens of millions of dollars per year.Proponents argue that 15 years is too short of a prison term for people serving life sentences.

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Yes, provided a strict psychological evaluation shows they are no longer a threat to society
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No, and reinstate the death penalty for heinous premeditated crimes
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Yes, and we should provide more rehabilitation programs for prisoners

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 @4P5TBKJfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

There are too many instances where poor, uneducated, lose when having a bad lawyer appointed to them. Also bad 'expert' witness testimony, poor police investigation, many mitigating circumstances have proven lately [cops lying in court]. Life is precious, to take one is a tragedy, to take two and be wrong has led to a shrug of the shoulders from authority. Let the majority decide.

 @5393P4Vfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

Prisoners are human too. A society that run charties for animal welfare should do treat a human with compassion.

 @584DVFTfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Reinstate forced labor so they at least offset the cost of internment to the taxpayer.

 @4XK7BB2from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

perhaps, but ending jails is a must. it is inhumane. these people need mental health help, not physical and mental torture. even if they are insane and need to be strapped down 24/7, jail conditions are medieval and horrible.

 @4RHKNK8from Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

No. I think the entire parole system needs to be looked at. Sentences are too lenient and criminals are released too soon. Parole should be considered only for exceptionally well adjusted and productive inmates not people given life sentences. Life sentences should be for life, you die in prison.

 @57LPWS9from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

no, life is life. Bring back public trials and corporal punishment and watch the crime rate drop!

 @54B7FZYfrom Yukon Territory  answered…4yrs4Y

yes BUT death penalty should be brought back for heinous crimes even if under influence of a substance. Mental illness should not ever be an excuse in these crimes.

 @4X9MSY3from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

prison systems don't help our community we shouldn't try to forget the problem and lock humans away, but rather enforce rehabilitation programs not "correctional" systems

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