So there should probably be no surprise — if furious revulsion — that Melissa Todorovic has coaxed a parole board panel into granting her unescorted day passes from prison. We are to believe — because her parole officer does — that Todorovic, now 25, has made “significant gains” of self-awareness, empathy and responsibility. A youth sentence would have meant six years in custody max, four in the community and then no supervision at all. This too was a factor in weighing Nordheimer’s decision when the defence pressed for a youth sentence without supervision at conclusion. “I feel like I’m a monster for telling someone to kill somebody.”Does she really?

Source: thestar November 30, 2017 23:26 UTC