Peter MacKay says worst criminals shouldn't be freed
Justice Minister Peter MacKay says the Canadian government is considering new rules to lock up certain violent criminals and throw away the key, as family and friends grieve Serena Vermeersch, the 17-year-old who was killed last week in Surrey, B.C., allegedly by a known violent offender.
MacKay said that the criminal justice system will always operate within a framework of rehabilitation and that some offenders will be released after serving their sentences, but that the scene must be set foremost for the protection of the public.