Justice committee  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

Justice committee  I would recommend that the victims, in their impact statements, be allowed to say exactly what they want to say. It shouldn't be scrutinized and looked over, hacked, whacked and redacted. You're the victim. If you need to say something, you should be allowed to say it. I do beli

Justice committee  Well, it's hard to be thankful for anything that I've gone through, but I guess I am thankful that we did have a team of prosecutors that—I think mostly because we were on them—did engage us, although you get no options of, say, plea deals or anything going on or in the stalling

Justice committee  No. I hope I answered your question.

Justice committee  Thank you very much for your comments. They mean a lot to me. I will be honest; I was so deep in grief for well over a year. If it weren't for the amount of support.... You have to remember there were three families, a lot of people. They dug through, and they found what we need

Justice committee  Exactly. At that moment, sometimes you're so deep in grief you don't even know what you want or what you need. As time goes on, you may come out of that a bit and you might then start to be mad and want those resources and want to get involved. My family was on them from day on

Justice committee  Well, right off the bat, you're.... I don't know how to say it any nicer: You are read the riot act. You are told that if you make a sound, you will be asked to leave immediately. This is at parole hearings. You feel almost like you're the criminal. You are told to be quiet and y

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  Well, to me the victim should have the choice of whether they want to face the offender that made them a victim, because some want to face them. I think the offender should have to look a mother in the eye. I don't understand why there is the big protection. No two victims are

Justice committee  Thank you. I hope you can hear me. Right off the bat, with regard to the justice system, there are resources out there, but nobody tells you about them. If you don't have someone among you who digs deep to find resources, you don't even know that you have to register for parole

Justice committee  We did not do a sound check before the meeting today, because I was unfortunately not available.

Justice committee  Okay. I have just two more sentences. How can such serious decisions for such serious crimes be so generic? To me, that's a red flag. In conclusion, it's high time the victims who have been harmed are given consideration at least equal to that of the offenders. I have many reco

Justice committee  Good afternoon. I'm the mother of a murdered child. Brad was just 18 years old when he and his two friends were horrifically killed, through no fault of their own. Three years later, and after over 30 court dates, the offender was convicted of manslaughter times three, plus s