Remarkable RCMP lenience with Adair despite recidivism
Summary
Police and the courts were remarkably lenient with Adair especially considering his history of recidivism with thefts, frauds and assaults.
Detail
Recidivism is defined as the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend.
Criminmal patterns demonstrating recidivism are generally penalized by the courts with increasing severe sentences.
Two months before meeting Lisa, Adair was released from jail where he'd spent 10 months for Theft and Assault.[1]
Offense committed | Conviction | Sentence | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
pre-2000 | Assault(s) in Alberta | pre-2000 | Assault(s) | (unknown) | |
Apr 24, 2000 | Credit Card Fraud | Mar 13, 2002 | Credit Card Fraud | Fine $500 | |
Apr 27, 2001 | Fraud x 2 | Oct 10, 2001 | Fraud x 2 | Jail 9 months | |
Oct 3, 2001 | Assault (in Fraud trial) | Apr 10, 2002 | Assault | Jail 1 month | |
Jun 27, 2001 | Theft | Jul 24, 2002 | Theft | CSO 90 days → 40 days Jail | |
Jun 27, 2001 | Fraud | Fraud disappears | no punishment | ||
Aug 23, 2002 | Assault of Peace Officer | Oct 11, 2002 | Assault of Peace Officer | Jail 1 day | |
Aug 23, 2002 | Breach of CSO | Breach disappears | no punishment |
After Adair's fraud charge disappeared, the remaining charge of Theft earned him a sentence of only a 3-month CSO despite a long list of related prior convictions & incarcerations.[1]
A CSO is a "Conditional Sentence Order". All CSO's have 2 mandatory conditions:[2]
- "Keep the peace" (meaning, "don't break any more laws"), and,
- Don't leave the province.
However, 30 days into the 90-day order, he broke both of those conditions when he assaulted a police officer in Saskatchewan.[1][3][4] He was sentenced to 1 day in jail.[1]
See also
- Adair's criminal record
- RCMP told Lisa's mother to hug Adair
- Fraud charge "disappeared" during RCMP transfer of Adair
- Assaulting RCMP officer plus prior assaults got Adair only 1 day of jail
- More in: Category: RCMP handling of Adair
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 BC Provincial Court Services Online, Government of BC,
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→ Enter Last Name: (Adair), First: (Christopher), Enter Image Text, change no other fields, click Search - ↑ Prosecution Service, Government of British Columbia,
Information Sheet: Bail (Conditional Release)
- ↑ Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 2, 2002),
Where is Lisa-Marie?
p20020902 - ↑ Anonymous, Casefile (July 26, 2016),
Case 26: Lisa Marie Young
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