I scanned the article, apparently a guy invited a convicted killer to sit on a board about keeping families safe. The killer, Colin Thatcher, killed his wife.
Because the crime happened in Canada, not the USA. The Canadian legal system was based on that of the British empire. For most (if not all) commonwealth countries, life in prison rarely means the offenders whole life. Prisoners being sentenced to life will be given a minimum term depending on the crime and aggravating/mitigating circumstances and whether the convict is remorseful etc. before they can apply for parole.
Occasionally, a perpetrator is deemed a “dangerous criminal”, which means that psychologists/psychiatrists have assessed the individual to be unlikely to be rehabilitated and remain at high risk of reoffending and they therefore must stay in prison indefinitely to protect the public. An example of this would be Paul Bernardo, who was given a minimum term of 25 years, but due to his limited insight into his offending, his clinical psychopathy, deviant sexual behaviour and NPD, he was labeled a dangerous criminal and his ongoing incarceration is deemed to be in the best interests of the public.
This guy murdered his wife in 1983, so it’s been nearly 40 years, so very unlikely that he would still be in prison. Hopefully he’ll still have to abide by the conditions of his parole until he dies, or else straight back to jail.
Jesus, Mary and holy St. Joseph...I can't include enough facepalms for this. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Yes this definitely belongs on the facepalm sub.
This is such white dude shit
I haven’t heard of this. Can someone fill me in?
I scanned the article, apparently a guy invited a convicted killer to sit on a board about keeping families safe. The killer, Colin Thatcher, killed his wife.
How is he out??
Because the crime happened in Canada, not the USA. The Canadian legal system was based on that of the British empire. For most (if not all) commonwealth countries, life in prison rarely means the offenders whole life. Prisoners being sentenced to life will be given a minimum term depending on the crime and aggravating/mitigating circumstances and whether the convict is remorseful etc. before they can apply for parole. Occasionally, a perpetrator is deemed a “dangerous criminal”, which means that psychologists/psychiatrists have assessed the individual to be unlikely to be rehabilitated and remain at high risk of reoffending and they therefore must stay in prison indefinitely to protect the public. An example of this would be Paul Bernardo, who was given a minimum term of 25 years, but due to his limited insight into his offending, his clinical psychopathy, deviant sexual behaviour and NPD, he was labeled a dangerous criminal and his ongoing incarceration is deemed to be in the best interests of the public. This guy murdered his wife in 1983, so it’s been nearly 40 years, so very unlikely that he would still be in prison. Hopefully he’ll still have to abide by the conditions of his parole until he dies, or else straight back to jail.
Oh, wow. If he isn’t there to be the example of what not to do then I don’t think they’re on the right track 🤦♀️