That said, the sentence discount was still appalling in its own right. He sexually enslaved his sister. He knew it was wrong because he took steps to prevent pregnancy or discovery, and he’d stop if it sounded like their parents had come home. He was able to graduate from high school, get a driver’s license, and work a forklift job (albeit at his dad’s workplace), without depending on welfare; he lives with a degree of agency. A prison sentence that respects the moral code Canadians literally signed into law shouldn’t be out of the question just because the man would have a hard time of it — prison is tough for everybody, and the sad reality is that many of those incarcerated have a personal background of disadvantage.
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