Ottawa could toughen bail laws as early as spring: B.C. attorney general
B.C.’s Attorney-General Niki Sharma said changes to the bail system could come as early as this spring.
“This will include both legislative and non-legislative changes, so we can hold repeat violent offenders and people who commit serious offences with firearms and other dangerous weapons to account.” Farnworth added Monday that the provincial correctional system is capable of handling additional detentions.
Many B.C. municipalities and businesses have argued this leaves too much room for repeat offenders who commit non-violent property crimes to be regularly released.Defenders of the current bail system say keeping people in prison before it’s been proven whether they committed a crime encroaches on their freedoms, though, and can have a serious impact on their ability to hold down a job, among other things.
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