Aboriginal elder-assisted parole board hearings
January 18, 2012 · By Charles Anthony
A non-aboriginal murderer gets to have a parole board hearing with aboriginal elders assisting the process and the problem this creates is:
Victims’ families have reported being intimidated by elements of the elder-assisted process — such as the convention that the hearing be conducted sitting in a circle.
I do not get it. It just does not make sense to get upset over this. Either sitting across a table or around in a circle, the convict is going to have a parole hearing whether we like it or not.
I hope this is not just racism against aboriginal culture.
“It is making a mockery of the system,” said Michael Manning, the father of 15-year-old Tara Manning, who was raped and stabbed 51 times by Bromby, a former boyfriend, in her Dorval, Que., bedroom in 1994.”
According to the MSM today,Bromby.whose parole was wisely denied, was NOT a former boyfriend of Tara,but was an acquaintance of her brother who had visited the Manning house.
He’s a multiple violent rapist and murderer,and is a good case for Capital Punishment,if there ever was one,BUT seeing as we’re too weak-kneed to apply that punishment,the guy should never be let out of prison,and the parole act should be changed so that his type don’t get parole hearings every two years,which only further damages the victim’s families.
Bromby is still a risk,and always will be. This isn’t about HIM,it’s about the people he’s victimized and the people he will undoubtedly victimize if he ever gets out.
Circle sentencing or parole hearings are a farce,and indicative of the racism of low expectations aimed at Natives. One justice system,one law,for ALL,and no more pandering to ethnic activists.
The idea that Bromby has “accepted the spirituality ” of Natives, as an Elder claimed,is so absurd it’s beyond comment. He’s a psychopathic murderer/rapist looking to find an easy way out of jail.
How f***ing naive are some people?
I think people have successfully made the argument that natives can and have the right to manage their own affairs when it comes to justice and maintaining the peace. (might as well start off by opening a can of worms)
However, I find it strange that they would be able to have a say on matters that don’t involve native people. How long does a person have to adopt native spiritual customs before they would be eligible for this type of hearing?
Does anyone have any statistics to suggest that native parole hearings are more lenient than ordinary ones? We’re not exactly the harshest society when it comes to punishment.
Finally, on the subject of intimidation, I can actually totally understand why this would be intimidating. Sitting in a circle is a very intimate affair. Would family members of the victim be required to sit in the same circle with the man that stabbed Tara 51 times? Would you have armed bailiffs or the equivalent in the room?
Thanks for posting this article.