Opinion
MANDEL: Parole board backtracks, will now allow families to attend Bernardo hearing
Facing a nationwide backlash, the Parole Board of Canada has reversed its shameful decision and will allow the families to attend Paul Bernardo’s hearing next week after all.
Families of Paul Bernardo victims now allowed to attend parole hearing in person, lawyer says
The reversal came late Thursday afternoon after lawyer Tim Danson sent an open letter expressing outrage about the families only being allowed to virtually attend the hearing.
Paul Bernardo parole hearing ‘working to accommodate’ victims’ families in person
A lawyer representing the families of Bernardo's teenage victims earlier said his clients' requests to attend the parole hearing in person had been denied.
Opinion
MANDEL: Why are Bernardo's victims shut out of his parole hearing?
The initial blow was delivered by a heinous killer. But the cruel torture continues on and on by a system that cares only for the lifer, and not the victims he’s destroyed. ln the latest outrageous move by the Parole Board of Canada,
Conservatives question decision to stop victims' families from confronting Bernardo in person
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is questioning the Parole Board of Canada's rationale for preventing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — who were tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo — from addressing their daughters' murderer in person next week.
Parole board 'working' to have Bernardo victims' families attend hearing in-person
Parole board reverses decision and will allow families of Paul Bernardo’s victims to attend upcoming parole hearing in person
The families of the victims of Paul Bernardo have been barred from attending the serial killer’s upcoming parole hearing in ...
KEYT3d
Families of serial killer Paul Bernardo’s victims not allowed to attend parole hearing in person: lawyer
In an open letter, lawyer Tim Danson said the parole board recently told the families that they would not be allowed to attend next week’s hearing in person, indicating that the parole board is ...
Chris Selley: They assure us Bernardo will 'never get out.' Don't count on it
But such is the state of criminal justice in this country: it’s always full of grim surprises. If Bernardo were to be ...
EDITORIAL: When 'justice' enables a hideous monster
We call it a criminal justice system, but for the families of murder victims Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, our parole ...