herbie herbie:
"Asks for parole - and is granted it"
Is not an opinion, it's bullshit.
Besides, I'll just turn your silly argument about. How goddam long do you think she should serve? She got life for 2nd degree, no parole for 7 years and now it's 11 years later. She's granted some escorted leave and you want to represent it as being granted total freedom, not even parole.
I've got no doubts you've seen video of where she's detained and it twists your guts because it's simply not bleak enough, it has a childcare area and furniture and even a TV. A budget motel behind barbed wire you'll equate to Hilton accommodations like you'd stay at on holiday if one could afford more than Motel 6, right?
I really don't enjoy the pigeon-holing bit, but it seems that's what people enjoy most placing themselves within one. I mean the "justice" part IS the "punishment", right?
If you think people don't and can't change, you can always ensure that a 37 year old will remain a 15 year old criminal by locking them up to interact only with similar social misfits forever.
I have no problem with her being released but, only when she's been rehabilitated and poses no threat. This woman has shown zero remorse for her actions during the last 20 years and now, she claims that she's changed but my guess is all she's doing is what she thinks the system and parole board want to hear.
She has a history that proves my point.
$1:
Day parole has been denied for Kelly Ellard, who was convicted in the beating and drowning of 14-year-old Reena Virk near a Victoria bridge nearly two decades ago.
The hearing, before a two-person panel, took place at the Fraser Valley Institution in Abbotsford, B.C., where Ellard is serving a life sentence.
Parole board regional spokesman Patrick Storey said the board was not convinced the 33-year-old was ready to be released into the community yet.
"She still seems to be minimizing many aspects of the offence," Storey said. "We want to see more evidence."
'If it wasn't for her, Reena might not have died'
Ellard was 15 in November 1997, when she smashed Virk's head into a tree and held her under water until she stopped moving.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.3564981$1:
At a hearing last May, when her request for day parole was rejected, Ellard took responsibility for the death of Virk after repeatedly denying she was involved, but said she was a child herself at just 15 years old.
Polowek said Wednesday she was concerned about the "many varying versions of events" Ellard had provided over the years. Her file was filled with examples of "sneakiness or manipulation," in which she denied incidents or refused to take full responsibility, the board member said.
"I wonder: Is there more to come?" she asked.
Check thpse dates. They aren't from years ago they're from last year, less than a year ago. But in her defense she's now apparently admitted "some" culpability in Reena Virks death.
Also, before Ellard was finally convicted she had 3 trials and was out on bail in 04 when she assaulted a woman in New Westminster. She wasn't finally incarcerated for the crime of 2nd degree murder until 2009 so by her and her lawyers manipulations she was a part time resident of the penal system for 9 years making it hard to quantify her time in prison.
http://globalnews.ca/news/66450/timelin ... ly-ellard/I can' help but get the feeling that some keep equating her gender and pregnancy with rehabilitation which is ridiculous and if that's all it takes to get out of prison I'm surprised that alot more women haven't used this ploy. Besides her choice of a father pretty shows just how much she wants to get away from the criminal lifestyle. Although in fairness, maybe he's the one who made the bad choice.
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Care ... story.htmlI also wonder why she was denied escorted absences in Jan 2017 then there was a sudden change of heart by the authorities allowing it in February especially after them pointing out her manipulative tendencies. So until she can show she's really changed over a much longer period of time I'll keep saying she doesn't deserve to be let out period. Pregnant or not.
One problem with this whole discussion is that we haven't yet spoken once of the victims family who have spent 20 years in a living hell because of this woman, which is sad.
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