The father of Tori Stafford, an Ontario girl who was murdered in 2009, says the latest decision to transfer convicted killer Paul Bernardo to a minimum security prison is a 'slap in the face' to all murder victims' families.
A controversial decision made by the Correctional Service of Canada last week to move serial rapist Paul Bernardo to a minimum security prison has been met with much scrutiny, particularly among the family deeply impacted by another notable killer.
Rodney Stafford, the father of Tori Stafford, an Ontario girl who was kidnapped, murdered and raped in 2009, says Bernardo's transfer has re-vcitimized him and his family."It's just another slap in the face for more Canadian families," Stafford told CTV News. Similar to Bernardo, Tori's killers, Michael Rafferty and Terri-Lynne Mcclintic, were transferred to a lower security prison after serving several years of a life sentence for first degree murder.
to an Indigenous healing lodge in Saskatchewan. However, two months later she was sent to a multi-level federal women's prison following outcry over the transfer.but in 2018 he was switched to a medium security prisonBernardo, who was convicted for raping and murdering Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in 1995, has already served 30 years in a maximum-level security prison.
The CSC has yet to explain why Bernardo was transferred, though experts speculate it could be due to several factors including security threats against Bernardo or even adjustments to the facility's resources.
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