Something About Canadian Liberalism

I've posted on this topic before, but a recent news event pushes me to comment once more. It is being reported that Todd Cameron Smith, the Taber, Alberta man who went postal at his high school when he was a student, recently walked away from his halfway house in Toronto. To refresh your memory, this is the kid who took a sawed off shot gun to school, killed one student and wounded another. It was his intention to gun down as many students as possible; thankfully he was stopped before he had the chance. What gets me, and should get everyone, is that 6 years after his rampage he is living (or, was living) in a half way house. Judges, lawyers and psychiatrists have said that this man is dangerous to society and is likely to reoffend. I've worked in a half way house before. You work 12 hour shifts and get paid minimum wage. Why on earth is this guy living in a halfway house? Better yet, why is he even out of jail? Why is it that criminals in this country have as many rights as everyone else? If it were Texas he would have been executed years ago. While I don't belief in Capital Punishment I think Paul Martin should spend some time re-evaluating Canada's justice system. When ever I tell my friends (Koreans, Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, and British) about cases like this they can't believe it. It makes you wonder why so many foreigners are so eager to come to our liberal red country.