Thread: Graham James only gets 2 years in prison?

Originally Posted by jammer06

I'm sure people knew and probably the people closest to Sheldon and Theo were looking to them for guidance about what to do. What they needed was someone not close to them who got close to the situation and basically said, I think this is wrong, tell me how it's right.

IIRC Sheldon Kennedy wrote in his book that opposing coaches and players would call him "Graham's little girl friend" and other derogatory comments. However when he went public with his charges against James, the same people pretended they didn't know.

Disgraceful.

IMO Canada needs to implement a variation of the Jessica Law.

While I would raise the age from 12, I agree with it in principle.

...Among the key provisions of the law was classifying lewd or lascivious molestation on a person under the age of 12 as a life felony, and a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.[2] and lifetime electronic monitoring[3] of adults convicted of lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim less than 12 years old.

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Originally Posted by Drunken Crunker

IIRC Sheldon Kennedy wrote in his book that opposing coaches and players would call him "Graham's little girl friend" and other derogatory comments. However when he went public with his charges against James, the same people pretended they didn't know.

Disgraceful.

I totally agree, its particularly disturbing in that you have people looking for so many ways to bring an edge to the game and these guys are settling for hurling insults rather than requesting investigations. I know heresay doesn't get you very far with the authorities, but it should have gotten some attention at league offices.

What a joke, in the states he would be looking at 10 years.

Didn't he used to be a lard ass? Looks to be 150 soaking wet now.

Originally Posted by santiclaws

Two years? For what he did? I hope there's a lot of outrage in Canada over the judge's decision, not that it will do anything. Disgusting.

If there is, it will only be from folks who don't understand how the Canadian justice systems works and why it works that way. For me, I'm more outraged at why Graham James was granted a pardon in the first place

Graham James (ice hockey) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

****, and I thought the child sex abuse laws in the US were bad...