Dear Editor
Re: Sister: ‘We’re all having lots of trouble,’ Burnaby NOW, Oct. 21.
Thank you for reporting this heartbreaking hit and run tragedy. It is beyond comprehension. And so, upon sentencing as set for some future date, Mr. Ibrahim Ali, a convicted felon, will serve his time only to once again be released.
For taking the innocent and precious life of 25-year-old Emily Sheane, by dangerous driving causing death and then fleeing the scene, criminals such as Mr. Ali, should never be released. Showing such brazen behaviour while having a total disregard for life and then permanently destroying a family in the fall-out, such a person cannot be rehabbed.
“It’s super frustrating because he never learnt anything the first time.” (Sister Jenny Berger, p. 4)
According to the Vancouver Sun, Ali has a past including being sentenced to almost four years in prison back in 2012 for a home invasion. It is inevitable that our “justice” system, upon seeing Mr. Ali serve his time and then releasing him back out into society, will also be to blame for not learning anything the first time.
George Sojka, by email
