Canadians would be right to suspect that this is something that happens relatively often. The Canadian justice system has freed serial killers, child murderers, mass shooters, cop killers, cannibals and even terrorists. Below, a not-at-all comprehensive list of notorious Canadian killers who were released early, got parole or escaped from minimum security or prison leaves.
Craig Munro Munro was robbing a Toronto restaurant in when he shot Const. Michael Sweet, an officer attempting to intervene. Over a minute standoff, Munro held off any attempt to secure medical care for the seriously wounded officer.
As Sweet bled to death and pleaded for his life, Munro mocked him, saying he would never see his three daughters again. The episode would cause another officer at the scene, Sgt. Eddie Adamson, to take his own life in Those were revoked in when he tested positive for cocaine and was found to be consorting with prostitutes, although he is able to re-apply for parole every two years. An officer hugs someone at the funeral for slain Toronto cop Michael Sweet. Sent to jail for the murder in , he was soon transferred to a minimum security institution from which he easily escaped in He robbed six banks in the Lower Mainland before being caught six weeks later.
Kelly has never admitted to the murder, claiming that his wife simply tripped and fell. Nevertheless, he has repeatedly been granted day and full parole since Every time, Kelly has quickly violated parole terms by pursuing multiple romantic relationships with women unaware of his criminal past.
The balcony from which Jeanette Kelly was thrown to her death. Postmedia file Andy Bruce Bruce was given a life sentence in for shooting dead a young woman in front of her seven-year-old daughter, reportedly over an ounce of heroin. Even before that Bruce had a lengthy rap sheet that included two sex attacks on strangers. Penitentiary that killed year-old social worker Mary Steinhauser, reportedly as she was being used by Bruce as a human shield.
