Parole board reverses decision and will allow families of Paul Bernardo’s victims to attend upcoming parole hearing in person
The families of the victims of Paul Bernardo will be allowed to attend the serial killer’s upcoming parole hearing in person next week, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) says.
Families of Paul Bernardo victims now allowed to attend parole hearing in person, lawyer says
The reversal came late Thursday afternoon after lawyer Tim Danson sent an open letter expressing outrage about the families only being allowed to virtually attend the hearing.
Opinion
MANDEL: Parole board backtracks, will now allow families to attend Bernardo hearing
Facing a nationwide backlash, the Parole Board of Canada has reversed its shameful decision and will allow the families to attend Paul Bernardo’s hearing next week after all.
Parole board barred victims' families from attending Bernardo hearing in person, lawyer says
The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — says the justice system has let them down again by denying the victims' mothers the opportunity to deliver their victim statements in person at Paul Bernardo's upcoming parole hearing.
Paul Bernardo parole hearing ‘working to accommodate’ victims’ families in person
A lawyer representing the families of Bernardo's teenage victims earlier said his clients' requests to attend the parole hearing in person had been denied.
Opinion
MANDEL: Why are Bernardo's victims shut out of his parole hearing?
The initial blow was delivered by a heinous killer. But the cruel torture continues on and on by a system that cares only for the lifer, and not the victims he’s destroyed. ln the latest outrageous move by the Parole Board of Canada,
Parole board 'working' to have Bernardo victims' families attend hearing in-person
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Families of serial killer Paul Bernardo’s victims not allowed to attend parole hearing in person: lawyer
In an open letter, lawyer Tim Danson said the parole board recently told the families that they would not be allowed to attend next week’s hearing in person, indicating that the parole board is ...
EDITORIAL: When 'justice' enables a hideous monster
We call it a criminal justice system, but for the families of murder victims Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, our parole ...