parole petition is a buzzing!!!
Well, the activist in me is at it again! I'm not doing it alone = it's the usual suspects as in Steve Sullivan from the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, Terri Armour (who will face her sister's killer - David Dobson - at parole review this April) etc...
For regular visitors to this blog, you know this time it's re: a petition regarding the automatic scheduling of parole reviews. Currently it's every two years. We're saying that's too often, make it five years. Frankly I think convicted killers should have to make a business case as to why they even deserve a parole review but given our Charter of Rights, that might not fly. The 5 year request should at least spark some debate.
Anyhow, after a radio interview with Steve Madely on CFRA this past Monday, Earl McRae (a provocative columnist who likes to heat things up) contacted me and we had an interview yesterday. Today it's the cover story and pretty hard for anyone to miss. I've already had several emails from people saying they want to sign! But there can't be enough signatures so I am hoping everyone can get involved!
Here are a few links of interest:
1. Link to download the petition (cannot do an electronic petition since the govt won't take that seriously, so please download and print the petition. Then sign and circulate. And of course, mail it to the address in the footer of the petition when you're ready. Don't feel you have to get a full page of signatures but if you can, that's great! International support is totally welcome so please know that signatures from anywhere help the cause.
http://crcvc.ca/docs/petition.jan2007.pdf
2. Here's a link to today's Ottawa Sun article. In addition to being the cover story, the story fills all of page 5. http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2007/02/22/3653653-sun.html
3. Here's a link to hear the interview with CFRA's Steve Madely.
http://www.cfra.com/chum_audio/Carolyn_Gardner_Feb19.mp3
4. The Gananoque Reporter has done some great reporting too. Check out a couple of stories at:
http://www.gananoquereporter.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=416301&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live
http://www.gananoquereporter.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=416300&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live
PS - as a reminder, tune into CBC at 9:30 pm this coming Monday, Feb 26. The show 72 Hours: True Crime will feature our case. It will detail what happened and it will present our current concern with Power's potential release. It is a docu-drama show. There are interviews with the two homocide detectives who worked on the case (Boothby and Oldham) as well as myself. And there will be re-enactments with actors. It is CBC so it will be as tasteful as possible. It's hard to sugar-coat what Power did to Sheryl. And people need to be reminded of how dangerous he was and still is.
In the Toronto area, tune into CFRB at 4:30 tomorrow, Feb 23, when John Moore interviews me on the petition, the CBC show etc.
For regular visitors to this blog, you know this time it's re: a petition regarding the automatic scheduling of parole reviews. Currently it's every two years. We're saying that's too often, make it five years. Frankly I think convicted killers should have to make a business case as to why they even deserve a parole review but given our Charter of Rights, that might not fly. The 5 year request should at least spark some debate.
Anyhow, after a radio interview with Steve Madely on CFRA this past Monday, Earl McRae (a provocative columnist who likes to heat things up) contacted me and we had an interview yesterday. Today it's the cover story and pretty hard for anyone to miss. I've already had several emails from people saying they want to sign! But there can't be enough signatures so I am hoping everyone can get involved!
Here are a few links of interest:
1. Link to download the petition (cannot do an electronic petition since the govt won't take that seriously, so please download and print the petition. Then sign and circulate. And of course, mail it to the address in the footer of the petition when you're ready. Don't feel you have to get a full page of signatures but if you can, that's great! International support is totally welcome so please know that signatures from anywhere help the cause.
http://crcvc.ca/docs/petition.jan2007.pdf
2. Here's a link to today's Ottawa Sun article. In addition to being the cover story, the story fills all of page 5. http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2007/02/22/3653653-sun.html
3. Here's a link to hear the interview with CFRA's Steve Madely.
http://www.cfra.com/chum_audio/Carolyn_Gardner_Feb19.mp3
4. The Gananoque Reporter has done some great reporting too. Check out a couple of stories at:
http://www.gananoquereporter.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=416301&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live
http://www.gananoquereporter.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=416300&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live
PS - as a reminder, tune into CBC at 9:30 pm this coming Monday, Feb 26. The show 72 Hours: True Crime will feature our case. It will detail what happened and it will present our current concern with Power's potential release. It is a docu-drama show. There are interviews with the two homocide detectives who worked on the case (Boothby and Oldham) as well as myself. And there will be re-enactments with actors. It is CBC so it will be as tasteful as possible. It's hard to sugar-coat what Power did to Sheryl. And people need to be reminded of how dangerous he was and still is.
In the Toronto area, tune into CFRB at 4:30 tomorrow, Feb 23, when John Moore interviews me on the petition, the CBC show etc.
posted by Carolyn Gardner at 7:45 p.m. 1 comments 
