Taylor<p>This is a common issue here in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontario</span></a>, and I think headlines like this really drives the “tough on crime” rhetoric. </p><p>The reality is that our government has dropped the ball on staffing and things are incredibly slow. </p><p>Our system relies on the presumption of innocence and time in custody before sentencing is counted as 1.5 time because she, until recently, was innocent. </p><p>Delays like these harm everyone and make it feel like justice wasn’t followed through. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbctor_mirror/114179270666860781" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbct</span><span class="invisible">or_mirror/114179270666860781</span></a></p>