This is how I felt...with a clarification that we are not looking for revenge, or retribution. I'd be the first to react warmly to Lorne 'if' he showed any signs of remorse or repentence...but he doesn't. (Saying 'I'm sorry' to those examining you to see if you are remorseful just doesn't cut it!) All of us there have a measure of anger, frustration and disappointment, which in my case, comes out harshly and with sarcasm. My apologies...but it is my 'venting' space!
Re: SENIOR CITIZEN SENTENCED....
Yesterday I watched as the wheels of justice crushed two well meaning, sincere young women whose only desire was to see other girls like themselves be protected against who they believe to be sexual predator. Why else would they go through the three years of mental anguish, the humiliation of telling their story in a court room, the further humiliation of a defense who treated them with sarcasm, disdain and patronizing disrespect? But justice was blind...at least the judge was...because she only had the evidence that was allowed. Not the testimony of a young girl who worked for the accused as recently as three years ago, (it was felt it wasn't strong enough to withstand the cross examination, not that it wasn't true!) not the police report because there was a plea bargain that kept that report and the full statement of one of the witnesses from her sight, ) not the testimony of others who wouldn't come forward because they knew the trauma, stress and humiliation they would face...and for what? A slap on the wrist, a home confinement from the hours of 7pm-6am, community service with lots of opportunity to meet destitute young women ripe for the picking! No, judge, citizens of Thunder Bay, justice was not done. He is not out of circulation, in our opinion (and with good reason) he is not remorseful (I wish to God he were), he is a predator and you don't even know his name!
Charlotte James
RE: SENIOR CITIZEN SENTENCED
My hat is off to the policepersons who spend hours and hours investigating crimes of a sexual nature, especially against our young people. They work hard trying to keep our young people safe from sexual predators. They get little help, people are afraid, ashamed, they can't take the stress of telling; but they go on, gently probing for the truth. But all too often they get to court with their well documented findings only to have it all come crashing down, thrown out, plea bargained away, because of our justice system. Oh its all legal and above board...but its wrong. We are paying these people to do a thankless job but are we willing to back them, to stand with them and say STOP to sexual predators...ENOUGH hurting our children? To even thank them?
I say THANK YOU to the police person who worked this case. You did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work! Don't get weary of well doing!
Charlotte James
Calgary
I write the following in response to the absurd, inane and blatantly false things people said to me during this ordeal....what they 'knew' from hearsay.
DORION, THUNDER BAY, ARE YOU THERE?
A man in your community has been accused and convicted of sexually assaulting children.
Yesterday I watched as the wheels of justice crushed two well meaning, sincere young women whose only desire was to see other girls like themselves be protected against who they believe to be sexual predator. Why else would they go through the three years of mental anguish, the humiliation of telling their story in a court room, the further humiliation of a defense who treated them with sarcasm, disdain and patronizing disrespect? But justice was blind...at least the judge was...because she only had the evidence that was allowed. Not the testimony of a young girl who worked for the accused as recently as three years ago, (it was felt it wasn't strong enough to withstand the cross examination, not that it wasn't true!) not the police report because there was a plea bargain that kept that report and the full statement of one of the witnesses from her sight, ) not the testimony of others who wouldn't come forward because they knew the trauma, stress and humiliation they would face...and for what? A slap on the wrist, a home confinement from the hours of 7pm-6am, community service with lots of opportunity to meet destitute young women ripe for the picking! No, judge, citizens of Thunder Bay, justice was not done. He is not out of circulation, in our opinion (and with good reason) he is not remorseful (I wish to God he were), he is a predator and you don't even know his name!
Charlotte James
RE: SENIOR CITIZEN SENTENCED
My hat is off to the policepersons who spend hours and hours investigating crimes of a sexual nature, especially against our young people. They work hard trying to keep our young people safe from sexual predators. They get little help, people are afraid, ashamed, they can't take the stress of telling; but they go on, gently probing for the truth. But all too often they get to court with their well documented findings only to have it all come crashing down, thrown out, plea bargained away, because of our justice system. Oh its all legal and above board...but its wrong. We are paying these people to do a thankless job but are we willing to back them, to stand with them and say STOP to sexual predators...ENOUGH hurting our children? To even thank them?
I say THANK YOU to the police person who worked this case. You did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work! Don't get weary of well doing!
Charlotte James
Calgary
I write the following in response to the absurd, inane and blatantly false things people said to me during this ordeal....what they 'knew' from hearsay.
DORION, THUNDER BAY, ARE YOU THERE?
A man in your community has been accused and convicted of sexually assaulting children.
Were you there to support the victims, to hear the truth, to support your police force, to find out who the perpetrator was so you could protect your children? If not there's a problem. The judge, let alone the victims, don't know you care...your protection agency feels it is alone in this fight. This man is to be registered as a sex offender...yet allowed to live amongst you and your children, no jail time, confined at night to his home..where oddly most of his known 'indiscressions' took place. This man and others like him are in your neighborhoods.
Please purposefully increase your awareness of this problem and decide that you have a responsibility to help your community stop sexual predators, especially from having the freedom to grossly violate the innocence of your children and then walk virtually free to do it again and again.
Charlotte James
Charlotte James
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