The courts will determine if two 15-year-old Winnipeg boys are guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault..When they stand before a judge — all cleaned up and schooled on how to be ‘Yes, your honour’ polite — defence lawyers will try to elicit sympathy and portray them as unfortunate victims of this, that, and everything in their lives..Count on it..One unidentified teen is in custody. .A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for the other — Galvin Elvis Bone — whom police caution is armed and dangerous and not to be approached.. BoneBone .The threat he poses is serious enough to have prompted Winnipeg Police Service to obtain a court order to temporarily waive his protection of anonymity the Youth Criminal Justice Act normally affords..READ MORE Hunt on for boy wanted in two Winnipeg murders.Police are holding back details to not “taint” the investigation into what happened during a vicious “random” spree in three locations early last Monday in Winnipeg..Danielle Dawn Ballantyne, 36, was found dead in an apartment..A nearby assault on Marvin William Felix, 54, — wheelchair-bound because one leg was amputated — was so severe he died from his injuries Thursday after being taken off life support..His family told CBC Felix suffered damage to his spine, ribs, hips, legs, and a brain injury because of the attack..Another male victim attacked in a different location remains in hospital in critical condition..How Ballantyne and Felix and the unidentified victim were brutalized will eventually be revealed..What’s certain is the horror they endured is unfathomable, something that will torment their grieving families who will hear the gruesome details over and over again..This case aside — neither guilt nor innocence of the two teens has been determined — Canadians can be forgiven for being cynical about the nation’s justice system..Defence lawyers always deftly attempt to shift sympathy to perpetrators no matter how heinous the crimes committed, no matter what hard evidence police who diligently wade through the blood and gruesome crime scenes produce, no matter what threat they may continue to pose. .They were abused. They grew up in dysfunctional homes. They were drunk or high on drugs. .At one point they were dangerous, but since they got caught, they’ve manifested into good citizens and are really, very sorry..Don’t care!.Defence lawyers argue perpetrators deserve leniency and a second chance. .And that they don’t deserve ‘an eye for an eye’ justice — which is misinterpreted as vengeance, but really calls for the punishment to fit the crime..Everyone is entitled to their day in court. That’s the strength of Canada’s justice system..It often falls apart after that..Bleeding hearts who are so detached from the reality victimized Canadians live, fight for and hand out soft sentences — that are never fully served — like candy..They insist on redemption and forgiveness for menaces to society who haven’t earned it..Canada’s selectively compassionate justice system is woefully out of sync with what victimized Canadians want and deserve..How many times have soft-hearted parole boards been conned into granting early release to monsters who swiftly reoffend?.Predators are allowed to again prowl the streets and police, who worked hard to get them behind bars, must again hunt for them and issue warnings to the public..On August 12, Calgary police released a warning about dangerous and high-risk offender Cyril Douglas Apetagon, who failed to attend a check-in meeting. His previous convictions include breaking and entering to commit sexual assault, accessing child pornography, sexual assault, aggravated assault, and taking a motor vehicle without consent..This week, citing the “complexity of issues,” the BC government delayed releasing a report — being worked on since May — on how to deal with prolific offenders and random violent attacks..READ MORE BC’s report on prolific and violent offenders delayed .It's not that complicated. Enforce the laws and penalties in the Criminal Code of Canada instead of tapping taxpayers for useless studies and reports..Stop giving repeat offenders, who benefit from a revolving door, a pass to freedom..Don’t let utter buffoons make shocking decisions that wantonly place vulnerable lives at risk..The Western Standard’s Mike D’Amour produced an exclusive, extraordinarily disturbing report about drug addicts and people suffering mental health issues being housed in a Nanaimo seniors’ care facility..READ MORE EXCLUSIVE: Staff, families stunned BC drug addicts, psychiatric patients to be housed in LTC facilities .Drug addicts and the mentally sick need help, but to put seniors at risk for their benefit is criminal..Kelowna RCMP report one prolific offender — 346 police files and 29 convictions for offences including property crime and assault — who is released with conditions, then goes on to reoffend..BC Interior Health’s former chief medical health officer Albert de Villiers, facing more child sex crime charges on top of old child sex crime charges, recently got a stern warning to behave and not be around anyone under the age of 16 unsupervised. .He was released to await trial in January..READ MORE New child sex crimes against BC Interior Health’s former top doctor.Don’t be surprised if his lawyers bleat about the bad childhood or other terrible things this alleged predator endured. .One could sweep across the country highlighting similar examples of the so-called rights of offenders trumping the safety of Canadians. .Expect more hand wringing from officials about rising violent crime, and gangs, and illegal drugs killing thousands of Canadians..Expect more hands reaching out for money to fund reports..Yet expect many of those hard-done-by perpetrators to likely spend less time behind bars than Tamara Lich did..But don’t for a minute think the justice system isn’t cracking down on ‘offenders.’.While law enforcement laments the rise in violent crime, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is doing everything in its power to stop law-abiding gun owners from being able to protect themselves..People exercising their Charter of Rights freedoms — like those dangerous churchgoers who dared to go to church during COVID-19 — are punished. .READ MORE Prayer for leniency for Manitoba .COVID lawbreakers did no good.Someone unleashed unbridled evil on three victims..Will justice for them prevail?
