It is something that has eluded him from the time he was first convicted in 1978. It would be a very glorious day to be exonerated.” Moore sees the legislation as ensuring fairness and equality in the justice system. It would be freedom, freedom, freedom, and freedom. and visit my son Mark in Edmonton, “And with the life sentence not hanging over my head, I wouldn’t be labeled a murderer any more. “I wouldn’t need a pass to travel anywhere in Canada.” Seemingly seeing it as a foregone conclusion that for once things will go his way, he said, “The legislation will give me the freedom to travel to visit my three grandchildren in B.C. “Feeling that freedom after being exonerated would feel so awesomely amazing,” he told me on Messenger. He is almost euphoric as he looks ahead, savouring in his mind what the freedom the rest of us take for granted would be like. And then we’ll move as quickly as possible to get this thing up and running.” It couldn’t be too soon for Moore, who believes this is the path that will eventually lead to his exoneration. “I think I’ve got good support in the House and in the Senate. “I’m going to try to get this through the parliamentary process as fast as I can,” Lametti said of what has been dubbed the “David and Joyce Milgaard’s Law,” named for the man who was released in 1992 after being wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years and his mother who fought relentlessly to free him. It is not clear when the commission would start operating. Moore has been waging his battle against his conviction since his release from prison in 1987. Justice department officials told media in a briefing on the new law that a wrongful conviction review currently takes between two years and six years to complete, depending on the circumstances. “We need a system that moves more quickly, both for people applying as well as for victims and the process needs to be independent,” said Justice Minister David Lametti. He has already begun looking ahead, getting his material ready to submit to the independent commission that is to be established to review, investigate and decide which criminal cases should be sent back to the justice system. But Moore, now 67, is an eternal optimist. After all, Moore has had several members of Parliament and lawyers working on his behalf for many years and even had the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) and the Innocence Project at the University of Ottawa take a crack at his case, all to no avail. Justice bill a source of hope for John MooreĪfter seeing the dashing of so many of his hopes to be freed from the shackles of lifetime parole for a murder he had no hand in, I thought John Moore would simply shrug off the news that legislation introduced in the House of Commons was designed to make it easier and faster for people who may have been wrongfully convicted to have their cases reviewed.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |