Justice committee  I will answer in English, if you do not mind. I think your question relates to the notion that the test is moved to the very first stage, a higher test at the first stage, and if you're successful at the first stage, you're more likely to be successful with a jury. Is that wha

Justice committee  The current situation seems to support that those who do make a successful faint hope application do succeed in having some of the years reduced from parole once they get to the parole board, most likely because they have been able to make the case at that first stage. Although t

Justice committee  With respect to your question in terms of how many people made application, we do have some data, which is current as of April 2009, indicating that out of the 265 applications made over the time it was possible to make faint hope applications, 140 obtained reductions in their pa

Justice committee  Yes, the Correctional Service of Canada does track them quite rigorously. Ultimately the parole board granted parole to 127 of the group I referred to. Of that group, 13 were later returned to custody, 11 died, three were deported, one was on bail, another on temporary detention,