Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Balcony rapist should fall off the balcony

I have been following the Paul Callow story closely over the last week. Callow, known as the Balcony Rapist, has served his full sentence of 20 years in prison for a series of brutal, knifepoint sexual assaults on women in Toronto in the mid-1980s. Seeing as he was a native of BC, he was released in Greater Vancouver last week. He has already had to move 4 or 5 times as communities said “no way in hell can he live near us” and launched huge public protests. I am in full agreement that I would not want him living anywhere near me either. The kicker is this though, the parole board and every shrink who has ever talked to Callow says he is at a high risk of reoffending, he has not atoned for his crimes and he shows little to no remorse for what he did. How could they let this animal back into public when they all but said he will do it again?? Paul Bernardo will never see the light of day ever again and I think people like Callow should be in the same boat. I wonder if the parole officer who ultimately let him out would be willing to let Paul Callow rent out his basement suite with his own wife, mother and daughters in his home, hmmm.

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