Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Justice system failed again.

In todays paper there is an article about Gerald Klein, a convicted stalker. He has been after Cathy Kaip for 30+ years and is getting out of jail after serving a full 3 year sentence. The crown wants him to sign a peace bond saying he will stay away from Cathy and her family, but this deluded man won't sign. He somehow thinks he is the victim here, and that Cathy is at fault because she refused to marry him. They met at a wedding 30 years ago, and from that meeting on, he has been after her. I don't think the crown can make him sign. The nature of our laws is that he served his full sentence, the court has no hold on him even though he never took any treatment while in lockup and still considers himself the victim in this case. The guy is obviously insane and should be locked up forever or until such a time as he can understand that he is wrong. Just because he has stalked this woman for 30 years and never physically hurt her does not mean that he won't. I suppose that is what they are waiting for. It just really bugs me that we are so careful not to step on criminals "rights" in this country that the victim has to go through what this woman has already suffered. And now it will start again.