Find two news articles published in the last year about the Youth Criminal Justice Act or Youth Crime in Canada. List them below, give a brief summary of the main points of the article (5 W’s) and a brief explanation of your opinion as to whether or not justice was served. Article 1: Woman Gets Youth Sentence For Fatal Crash Source: http://www.cjob.com/2015/07/08/woman-gets-youth-sentence/ Summary: A young woman who was speeding, drinking, and texting and killed two teens in 2010. 5 years later she is being sentenced to 2 years in prison and 1 year mandatory supervision. She was reported to be using cruise control and had an illegal blood alcohol level of .07. She was also texting and over the speed limit by 20 km/h. The family of the teens feel that they were not given justice. The Crown demanded 5 years in an adult sentence, but instead she was given the harshest possible sentence under the YCJA. …show more content…
I think this because the woman in question was breaking many laws such as speeding, drinking while driving, and texting while driving. She was clearly abusing her license and was not being responsible for her age. If she is old enough to drive then she should be old enough to claim responsibility for her actions and receive an adult sentence. This doesn’t even take into account the fact that she killed two teens which further justifies my point. 2 years in prison will never bring back the teens that were killed but keeping her in jail and away from other teens can prevent further incidents from