Justice for me is a two-pronged approach. I am a proponent of sentencing criminals to fair sentences, but from a human standpoint, I also believe in healing and forgiveness.
Take the case of Min Chen. He was the person who murdered Cecilia Zhang back in 2003. The crime sent shockwaves to mainstream Chinese-Canadians, seeing that something like this could come out of our own backyard.
A few minutes ago, whilst I was gathering my thoughts, the news radio station finally reported on how long Chen had to remain in prison: fifteen years.
Min Chen was a mislead man. His student visa was about to expire, and in order to remain in the Great White North, he had to pay for a marriage of conveinence. Cecilia was his ticket to staying in Canada.
In my honest opinion, if Chen had meant to kill the talented young girl or not is nothing compared to the heartbreak and tragedy caused by him when he entered the Zhang home that night.
The Zhangs will never see their heart and soul, and my heart aches to hear such a tragedy happen within Toronto. Cecilia did not deserve to die, and Chen's greed caused this great misfortune.
I believe in rehabilitation; I am sure Chen will understand his wrongdoing while serving his fifteen year sentence without parole. A man needs to understand the human side of what happened just three years earlier.