I've been revictimized for three years, not even counting the loss of my son—the court dates, everything.
Just when you think you can start forgetting about the man who killed your child, you get that letter from the Parole Board that they're up for parole. You're thinking, “What?” It's hard to make sense of it even in your head.
Victims only have one right; we have one right. Well, the real victims have no rights—they're dead. As victims' families, we have but one right, and that is to write and prepare a victim impact statement. Just doing that is revictimizing. Everything about it is revictimizing.
That is probably one of the things that I hear the most about from parents I attend court and sentencing and trials and all that with. It is the revictimization in court and then through the parole system.