Well, Well, Well...
The Saskatchewan man awaiting sentence in connection with the 2008 freezing deaths of his two little girls has been arrested and is in custody after allegedly breaching his release conditions by drinking alcohol.
Christopher Pauchay, 25, of Yellow Quill First Nation pleaded guilty last year to criminal negligence causing the deaths of Kaydance, 3, and Santana, 15 months.
Last week, Pauchay was in court where a judge ruled he would be sentenced by a sentencing circle, with his next court appearance set for Jan. 27.
I just don't get this one. This fella had 50 prior convictions. He let his children die while in a drunken stupor. He had to abide the peace, and refrain from drinking. He couldn't do that. It gets me wondering about a few things however:
Who within his community enabled him to drink again? The same peers who would be members of his 'sentencing circle?'
Who enabled him the cash to buy more booze? Oh wait - yeah, gotta go pay my taxes...
A forum poster summed it up like this:
There should be public outcry if this man is still allowed the benefit of a sentencing circle on January 27th.
According to news reports he was late for his court appearances more than once. If one breach was on December 14th why did they not arrest him again that day instead of a month later?
Not only does this last development indicate that he has no respect for the law but also that the Yellow Quill reserve is not capable of supervising the behaviour of Mr. Pachay either and therefore should have no say in the sentencing of this man. Most certainly he should not be allowed to serve his sentence in the community.
The courts have tried to accomodate and show respect for his culture and he obviously is incapable of doing the same. He was granted his sentencing circle and he has only rediculed the courts in thanks for the special considerations they allowed him and brought more shame to his community.
Mr. Pachay should now have to stand in a courtroom and face his sentence without the benefit of a sentencing circle the same way as any other Canadian would have to. I hope the judge has learned something from this whole fiasco too. One set of laws and one justice system for every Canadian...no exceptions.
Time to face the fire Mr. Pachay.
And I couldn't agree more...
2 comments:
Do you think First Nations are treated like any other Canadian in most circumstances? I don't. I think there's an extreme prejudice against them and along with that a strong oppression.
Having said that, the circle court should have the balls to throw this fuck to the woods. Give him no shelter, no weapons, nothing but the clothes on his back. Make him live in the wild and be ostracized from his community.
Also, I think it's pretty easy for any alcoholic to get their hands on booze.
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