The crown prosecutor is recommending life in prison. His own defence lawyer is recommending life behind bars and the convicted criminal HIMSELF is asking to be locked up for the balance of his life... and the judge is hesitant about the sentence?...
Wow...
A Saskatoon man facing a dangerous offender hearing this week has taken the unusual step of asking for a life sentence as punishment. Curtis Keewatin, 28, previously plead guilty to two brutal sexual assaults on strangers (one of whom was a helpless 62 year old woman) as well as two robberies. Keewatin has "a serious anti-social personality disorder and psychopathic traits. He is at high risk to re-offend and is a dangerous offender who cannot control his violent impulses," said an expert psychologist before the courts earlier this week.
"The risk Keewatin poses to the public cannot be controlled in the community because he has uncontrolled alcohol addiction, chronic mental illness, criminal attitudes and has not responded well to treatment in the past."
And yet the judge is pondering a lesser sentence?
As of press time he had not yet decided whether to impose the recommended sentence or to reject it and proceed with the dangerous offender hearing, which holds the possibility of Keewatin returning to the community with minimalized supervision.
What's wrong with this judge?
Keewatin has severely beaten at least three elderly women, two of whom he sexually assaulted. The third he no doubt would have had his attack not been intercepted by a passer by. Holding a half pair of scissors to her neck in broad daylight, he violently raped a 31 year old woman who was going about her own business. He's a thief, an addict and in his own words to court he said if left to his own defences he will most likely add murder to his list of offences. If you ask me, that's reason enough to NOT let this guy back on the streets. I mean REALLY, what more is this Saskatoon judge hoping to hear?
Imagine it was his daughter or wife, sister or mother who had suffered at the hands of Keewatin. Would he change his tune then?
His decision is not yet final, or it wasn't as I was typing this. While I can only speculate on his thought process behind all this, I can only hope, for all our sakes, that he comes to his senses and does the right thing.
