The Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court agrees with you regarding the "sending a message" sentiment. But the other eight justices disagreed. Personall

The Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court agrees with you regarding the "sending a message" sentiment. But the other eight justices disagreed. Personally I think it's unsupportable too. For example the first guy to commit that crime gets the full "sending a message" sentence but the following violators just get the standard "proportional justice" sentence? Not sure King Solomon would go for that.