Pubdate: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 Source: Comox Valley Record (CN BC) Copyright: 2006 Comox Valley Record Contact: http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/784 Author: Floyd Dahl STRONGER, LONGER SENTENCES NEEDED Dear editor, Re: $25,000 fine fourth conviction of cultivation. When is our judicial system going to wake up and start handing out punishment fitting the crime? This $25,000 fine would be suitable for second conviction if a prison sentence was not appropriate, but definitelyis not suitable for a fourth conviction. The judge went on to say that there is a high cost of policing situations such as this one, therefore a fine such as this would assist in helping the taxpayers' cost.Did this judge ever consider that all profits made by this individual were tax-free? I think it is time that judges be accountable for some of their ridiculous sentences. These conditions did not exist as predominately when we had non-lawyer judges. And therefore, a life appointment should be struck from the books. The victim has to be the number one concern in all cases. Until the victim's concern is taken into consideration in any sentencing, we are going to face nothing but mayhem.Judges, wake up and smell the coffee. Floyd Dahl Royston - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin