Continuing his self-imposed electronic journey across the American continent, MediaDawg decided to visit USA’s better half to see what controversies have made the headlines.
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| The man unfit for society and the system that failed to stop him. |
Last week, a media storm has erupted in Nova Scotia over the long-delayed extradition and sentencing of multiple child molester Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, who would have committed most of the crimes in the 70s.
As with most similar cases that make national news, the criticism concerns the small volume of proven charges – 2 – against a total of 36 laid three years ago, one victim alleged to have been molested “about 100 times”.
At the moment this gets him four years, reduced to two for time already served. Almost 40 YEARS after committing the crimes.
The outrage grows further with the revelation that between 1995 and 2007, MacIntosh had his passport renewed twice, “despite a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest”, to allow him to work in India.
But as frustrating and morally horrifying the story is, the reason why it is shared here is because unlike Australian articles of the same kind, this CBC piece is a bit different – simple, yet thorough; provoking, yet sensible and not sensationalist at all.
Despite the graphic warning on the front, it relies far less on the abuse details and more on the court cases and the failure of the RCPM (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
One of the highlighted quotes from the text – “this can never happen in Canada again” by human rights group Beyond Borders – compliments the article’s tone perfectly.
But despite the article focusing on the actions of a child molester, the feature has the Mounties shoulder a lot of the blame.
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