"Until the government views the justice system as a priority, we’ll continue to see murderers set free.”

If this is an accurate quote, it's an appalling and unacceptable statement by a Crown Counsel.  The people being "set free" have not been convicted of any crime and therefore cannot be murderers.

They are ACCUSED of having committed a crime but have never been tried and convicted.  They are therefore innocent in the eyes of the law.  One doesn't even have to go to law school to know this.