Yes, there's no doubt about it. Offenders have many, many rights. They can't even compare to the rights of a victim. From what I can tell, we have one right, and that is to write a statement, and that's about it.
Section 101 outlines the principles that guide the parole boards to consider the impact of conditional releases on the offender's victims. I really do believe that could be amended to have them look at their decisions a little differently to see what kind of effect that would have on the victims.
When they do these incredibly early releases, a lot of times the offenders do not demonstrate or show any kind of remorse. That needs to be looked at seriously. They need to take consideration of all the information available to them, including the reasons and recommendations from the victims as to why the early releases would be harmful to them.