Eternal sentence for baby killer

RE: THOROLD BABY KILLER RELEASED ON DAY PAROLE, FEB. 27

Some humans are the most evil creatures on the face of this planet. History proves what individuals, groups of people and governments do to others. Wayne McBride is one of these evil humans who sexually molested and killed his six-weekold daughter.

McBride was originally sentenced to life in prison without parole for 12 years. The Crown appealed because it was too lenient and had another three years tacked onto his sentence. Wow, how comforting to know 15 years is adequate punishment for killing a baby.

Isn’t it nice to know McBride could have a lawyer to defend him in court? Now we have all these learned men and women in court discussing the murderer’s fate; yet, the little baby had no one to defend her. She was robbed from becoming a child, a teenager, a woman, a wife, a mother and a grandmother. She was sent to the other side with no parole.

The Parole Board of Canada deems McBride is no risk when released on day parole — he deserves a second chance, really. There may be stipulations for McBride to adhere to, but there are no guarantees. As long as it doesn’t hit home, lawmakers, courts and the parole board seem to have little regard for victims’ lives when murderers get parole.

Why do courts use the term “life sentence” when it really doesn’t mean life at all? There is a get-out-jail card called parole. Life should mean just that — life — you stay in jail and come out in a pine box; otherwise, the courts should just say 12 years in prison, or 15 years in prison with chance of parole.

When McBride goes to the other side, I’m wondering if he gets any parole there. Eternity is a long time.

Lou Cesar

St. Catharines