Pubdate: Thu, 16 Jul 2009
Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 Abbotsford News
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1155

GET TOUGH ON YOUNG CRIMINALS

I am writing about the sentence passed to a young drug dealer who was
selling his product at the skateboard park.

Way to go, judge!

I just hope that this deters others from selling drugs like cocaine
and heroin, or anything else for that matter, to our youth.

My kids, aged 10-14, frequent both skate parks, and I want to thank
you for keeping our children safer.

Harder sentences are needed to keep our kids safe. Too often,
criminals find the back door, get a slap on the wrist and return to
their old doings, thinking, "If that's all I get, then the punishment
is worth the crime."

I hope this judge sets an example for other judges. I want to be able
to keep letting my kids out to play, and this is a step in the right
direction.

Good on you!

Mother of three 
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MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr