I think if the system was balanced where.... As I've said, the hearing has to start being looked at as being our hearing as well, not just the offender's hearing. Thankfully, he didn't get parole. But if they honestly were considering parole at that point in time, I had something I felt very strongly could have helped them to make that decision to not release him. When you can send a threat through your sister...he literally gave the message to his sister to deliver to me that when he got out of jail, he wanted to visit me and it wouldn't be nice. Then in his letter, “Catch me if you can”, as we call it, as you may have seen on the website, he promises to kill again every year possible.
Do you really think in a parole hearing I shouldn't have the right as the family of the victim to let you know this? I think this is pertinent information. I think the parole board should have to hear that. If he's in jail for 20-some-odd years at this point—I think 22 years at that point—and he can still send a threat to my well-being, to my home for me, is he really ready for parole, with his own wording, promising to kill again every year, to back that?
The parole board wouldn't hear it. The balance has to be put there where this is our hearing, too.