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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Police and the courts were remarkably lenient with Adair especially considering his history of recidivism with thefts, frauds and assaults.  
Police and the courts were remarkably lenient with Adair especially considering his history of recidivism with thefts, frauds and assaults.  


== Detail ==
== Detail ==
[[wikipedia:Recidivism|Recidivism]] is defined as <q>the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend.</q>  Criminal patterns demonstrating recidivism are generally penalized by the courts with increasing severe sentences.


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Two months before meeting Lisa, Adair was released from jail where he'd spent 10 months for Theft and Assault.{{BC CSO}}
 
Generally, when a person is convicted of a crime, serves the sentence, and then commits the same (or similar) crime again, the punishment becomes more severe.
 
Two months before meeting Lisa, Adair was released from jail where he'd spent 10 months for Theft and Assault.<ref name="bccso">BC Provincial Courts, <span class='bc logo'></span>Government of BC, ''[https://justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/esearch/criminal/partySearch.do "Court Services Online"]''</ref>
 
 


{| class="wikitable"  
{| class="wikitable"  
|+ Chris Adair's known convictions
|+ Chris Adair's known convictions <small>(see also: [[Adair's criminal record]])</small>
|- style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; text-decoration:underline;"
|- style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; text-decoration:underline;"
! colspan="2" | Offense committed
! colspan="2" | Offense committed
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| style="font-style:italic; background-color:#FFD966; color:#F00;" | ''<small style="color:red">Fraud disappears</small>''
| style="font-style:italic; background-color:#FFD96622; color:#F00;" | ''<small style="color:red">Fraud disappears</small>''
| style="font-style:italic; color:#A6A6A6;" | ''<small>no punishment</small>''
| style="font-style:italic; color:#A6A6A6;" | ''<small>no punishment</small>''
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| style="font-style:italic; background-color:#BDD7EE; color:#F00;" | ''<small style="color:red">Breach disappears</small>''
| style="font-style:italic; background-color:#BDD7EE22; color:#F00;" | ''<small style="color:red">Breach disappears</small>''
| style="font-style:italic; color:#A6A6A6;" | ''<small>no punishment</small>''
| style="font-style:italic; color:#A6A6A6;" | ''<small>no punishment</small>''
|}
|}


After [[Fraud charge "disappeared" during RCMP transfer of Adair | 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.{{BC CSO}}


After [[Fraud charge "disappeared" during RCMP transfer of Adair | 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.<ref name="bccso"/>
A CSO is a ''"Conditional Sentence Order"''. All CSO's have 2 mandatory conditions:{{Jir}}
 
# '''Keep the peace''' (meaning, ''"don't break any more laws"''), and,
A CSO is a ''"Conditional Sentence Order"''. All CSO's have 2 mandatory conditions:<ref name="jir">Prosecution Service, <span class='bc logo'></span>Government of BC, ''[https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/criminal-justice/prosecution-service/information-sheets/infosheet_bail_conditional_release.pdf "Information Sheet: Bail (Conditional Release)"]''</ref>
# '''"Keep the peace"''' (meaning, ''"don't break any more laws"''), and,
# '''Don't leave the province'''.
# '''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.<ref name="bccso"/>{{P20020902}}<ref name="pod20160726">Anonymous, <span class='pod logo'></span>Casefile (July 26, 2016), ''[https://casefilepodcast.com/case-26-lisa-marie-young "Case 26: Lisa Marie Young"]'' <span style='font-size:66%;'>[https://lisamarieyoung.ca/n/pod20160726 pod20160726]</span></ref> He was sentenced to '''1 day''' in jail.<ref name="bccso"/>
However, 30 days into the 90-day order, he broke ''both'' of those conditions when he [[Assaulting RCMP officer plus prior assaults got Adair only 1 day of jail|assaulted a police officer]] in Saskatchewan.{{BC CSO}}{{P20020902}}{{POD20160726}} He was sentenced to just '''1 day''' in jail{{BC CSO}} despite having a history of assault convictions in both BC and Alberta{{IC20220628-111}}, and regardless of the fact this assault was a '''breach''' of terms of his CSO.{{BC CSO}}


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== 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|Category: RCMP handling of Adair]]
* &#9654; Watch our video &rarr; [[:File:Lisa-Adair.mp4 | ''All About Adair'']] <small>([https://lisamarieyoung.ca/lisa_adair.html Transcript])</small>
* 2022-Jun-21 ''[[:File:Island-Crime-s1e10-Red-Jag-Guy-1.mp3|Island Crime s1e10: Red Jag Guy #1]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo ic'></span></span>[[:Category:Island Crime|Island Crime]]</small>
* 2022-Jun-28 ''[[:File:Island-Crime-s1e11-Red-Jag-Guy-2.mp3|Island Crime s1e11: Red Jag Guy #2]]'' <small style='whitespace:nowrap'><span class='logo ic'></span></span>[[:Category:Island Crime|Island Crime]]</small>


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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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[[Category:Lisa's List of Fifty]]
[[Category:Lisa's List of Fifty]]
[[Category:RCMP handling of Adair]]
[[Category:RCMP handling of Adair]]
[[Category:RCMP quotes]]

Latest revision as of 17:44, 18 November 2024

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. Criminal 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]

Chris Adair's known convictions (see also: Adair's criminal record)
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]

  1. Keep the peace (meaning, "don't break any more laws"), and,
  2. 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 just 1 day in jail[1] despite having a history of assault convictions in both BC and Alberta[5], and regardless of the fact this assault was a breach of terms of his CSO.[1]


See also

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 BC Provincial Court Services Online, Government of BC, Search Traffic/Criminal
      → Enter Last Name: (Adair), First: (Christopher), Enter Image Text, change no other fields, click Search
  2. ↑ Prosecution Service, Government of British Columbia, Information Sheet: Bail (Conditional Release)
  3. ↑ Jason Proctor, Vancouver Province (Sep 2, 2002), Where is Lisa-Marie? (source)
  4. ↑ Anonymous, Casefile (July 26, 2016), Case 26: Lisa Marie Young (source)
  5. ↑ Laura Palmer, Island Crime podcast (June 28, 2022), s1e11: Red Jag Guy #2 (src)
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