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{
    "time": "1994-11-14 15:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Beryl Gaffney (Nepean, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I have a petition bearing about 30 signatures. These people believe that crimes committed against society by young offenders are on a serious rise and young offenders go virtually unpunished due to protection under the Young Offenders Act.</p>\n<p>These people believe that we should revise our laws concerning young offenders by empowering the courts to prosecute and punish the young law breakers who are terrorizing our society by releasing their names and lowering the age limit to allow prosecution to meet the severity of the crime.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/11/14/beryl-gaffney-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/7431/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3200/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/11/14/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F11%2F14%2F"
    }
}