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If there was ever a case for capital punishment in Canada, this would be it.

Let Him Fry

The Crown is awaiting Muckle's psychiatric reports from his previous criminal activities and incarceration, as well as information from his sealed young offender records and from his childhood. More than likely, the records will reveal a history of violent sexual behaviour, proving once again that a monster is a monster.

There is no cure for sexual predators. Efforts at rehabilitation are unsuccessful. Again and again, our nation's children have been preyed upon only to have these criminals return to jail, go through the same pointless rehabilitation programs, and then be released on probation to reoffend. The cycle only ends when the predator has been convicted of a crime so horrendous that he is declared a dangerous offender.

It is time to put an end to this cycle.