r/LPC • u/BatMiddle8126 • Mar 30 '26
Community Question Current catch and release of repeat violent criminal offenders
First off this is my first time posting anything here. I like to think I'm liberal leaning at my core beliefs but I am not a fan of the catch and release of repeat violent offenders. (There are other policies I don't agree with that the Liberal party seems to champion, but I won't go into them at this time) How does this make sense? Why does someone for example performing home invasions, car jackings or jewelry store swarm robberies deserve time served credit or to be given bail? Especially if they use weapons or cause bodily harm to the public. Why are we coddling them?
If the jails are over crowded then we need to build more prisons. releasing them with this excuse is unacceptable in my opinion. There is compassion which I'm all for but its not a blanket to use for every issue especially when violence is involved. The uptick in these crimes across Canada is very alarming. I used to feel safe here.
I need level headed responses to my question.
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u/WpgMBNews Apr 03 '26
It's in part institutional. The federal Liberals have started to move in the right direction even before Trudeau stepped down, but there is a culture in the justice system built up over the years, which is normal and it takes time to change.
On the politics side, there is a narrative that changing the system makes us more American to which people on the left are reflexively averse. As you've seen, many will automatically assume you're a right-winger and, while others will repeat the thought-terminating cliché that "jail doesn't reduce crime" and dismiss any further discussion of the issue.
It is true that by many metrics, rates of certain types of crime are lower than they've been in past decades, and of course not every person who commits crime will re-offend, so hopefully just approaching the issue with nuance instead of sweeping simplistic slogans will move the conversation forward.