Killer Street Racers Slapped on the Wrist
On January 24, 2006, Wing-Piao Dumani Ross and his buddy Alexander Ryazanov decided to race their parent's Mercedes north on Mount Pleasant Road, here in Toronto.They were travelling at speeds between 80 km/h and 140 km/h. At approximately 10:20 p.m. Ryazanov's expensive ride "T-boned" a cab driven by Tahir Khan, a husband and father just three days away from obtaining his Canadian citizenship. The car crushed the can against a utility pole and the cabbie died instantly of blunt force trauma.
Justice John Moore passed sentence on the two street racers on Tuesday of this week, and you just know his decision is bound to go a long way in deterring others from taking lethal joy rides on our city streets. The two must serve 12 months of house arrest. How's that for starters? Not enough, you say? Not to worry, the good judge has taken it even further. The two killers will also have to serve an additional year under a curfew. Yup. They're going to have to confine themselves to the comfy surround of their parents' homes from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. every day. Well, unless they get written permission from their parents to go out, that is. But can you just imagine grown men like these two 20 year-olds having to endure the humiliation of asking Mommy and Daddy for a note so they can go out to play? It's damn near cruel and unusual punishment, don't you think? That's still not all, though. Judge Moore also imposed 150 hours of community service, two years probation, and a four-year prohibition against the men driving. Whew! Anyone who has ever considered street racing must be sweating buckets, reading that sentence. I can see them all now, quaking in their boots. How is it to be endured?
The witless wonder who passed the sentence said, "It was an exercise in speed and bad judgment". That should make the widow feel better. Moore said the two pose no danger to the community and that they showed remorse. If Khan's widow doesn't feel better knowing that, then obviously she can just be dismissed as one of those impossible-to-get-along-with types. I mean, these two malefactors are in university. Any sentence harsher than the one imposed by Moore, like, oh say some actual time behind bars, would interfere with their acquisition of an education. That would not be a nice thing to do to them. Just because they interfered with the lives of Khan's family, screwing them over forever, should not mean anyone needs to get their shorts in an uproar here.
Todd White, Ryazanov's lawyer said his client "appreciated that he was facing potentially seroius consequences". Now is it just me, or does anyone else see the statement between the lines that I see there? Facing potentially serious consequences means by extension that the potential was never realized. It turned instead into a slap on the wrist. That's all.
Good for you, Justice Moore. I'm sure the two murderers you tsk-tsked at will sleep much better now that you've passed that non-sentence. I hope you get sleep undisturbed by any feeling of having made a mockery of justice. I wonder if the cabbie's widow and children will sleep better now?
Justice John Moore passed sentence on the two street racers on Tuesday of this week, and you just know his decision is bound to go a long way in deterring others from taking lethal joy rides on our city streets. The two must serve 12 months of house arrest. How's that for starters? Not enough, you say? Not to worry, the good judge has taken it even further. The two killers will also have to serve an additional year under a curfew. Yup. They're going to have to confine themselves to the comfy surround of their parents' homes from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. every day. Well, unless they get written permission from their parents to go out, that is. But can you just imagine grown men like these two 20 year-olds having to endure the humiliation of asking Mommy and Daddy for a note so they can go out to play? It's damn near cruel and unusual punishment, don't you think? That's still not all, though. Judge Moore also imposed 150 hours of community service, two years probation, and a four-year prohibition against the men driving. Whew! Anyone who has ever considered street racing must be sweating buckets, reading that sentence. I can see them all now, quaking in their boots. How is it to be endured?
The witless wonder who passed the sentence said, "It was an exercise in speed and bad judgment". That should make the widow feel better. Moore said the two pose no danger to the community and that they showed remorse. If Khan's widow doesn't feel better knowing that, then obviously she can just be dismissed as one of those impossible-to-get-along-with types. I mean, these two malefactors are in university. Any sentence harsher than the one imposed by Moore, like, oh say some actual time behind bars, would interfere with their acquisition of an education. That would not be a nice thing to do to them. Just because they interfered with the lives of Khan's family, screwing them over forever, should not mean anyone needs to get their shorts in an uproar here.
Todd White, Ryazanov's lawyer said his client "appreciated that he was facing potentially seroius consequences". Now is it just me, or does anyone else see the statement between the lines that I see there? Facing potentially serious consequences means by extension that the potential was never realized. It turned instead into a slap on the wrist. That's all.
Good for you, Justice Moore. I'm sure the two murderers you tsk-tsked at will sleep much better now that you've passed that non-sentence. I hope you get sleep undisturbed by any feeling of having made a mockery of justice. I wonder if the cabbie's widow and children will sleep better now?
1 Comments:
That was waaay too lite of a sentence for murder. Sounds like two criminals from well-to-do families are being given special treatment. Justice wasn't served.
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