Zach LarkinsWATCH THIS GUY
Justice Coulter Osborne bears watching. He must strike fear into everyone who thinks ‘rehabilitation' is the only way to treat criminals. He'd be a good guy to have presiding over our young offenders who think that just because they might not be of legal age, they're entitled to do serious soft time.
Richard Boudreau was imprisoned more than 23 years ago for the bludgeoning to death of two teenage Sarnia girls, Kim Sauve, 15, and Shelley Brazeau, 16. Convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in these slayings, Boudreau has now applied for parole. In fairness to him, his sentence was life with no parole for 20 years and he has waited 4 years beyond that to make his first application. The hearing will be held sometime next month and the parents of Brazeau will be there having vowed to fight her killer's bid for parole. Sauve's parents, Bob and Sandy, have also said they will fight Boudreau's release, but as yet, have not been available for comment.
But what is telling is Osborne's comments when sentencing Boudreau. Calling him "a walking advertisement" for death-penalty supporters, he dismissed Boudreau's alibi as "bizarre" and concluded that it would be "difficult to articulate anything in Boudreau's credit." You have to love a guy who calls a spade a spade.
Boudreau, 48, of course denied murdering the girls. He told a rather lame story in which he said the girls were involved in drugs, prostitution and pornography. He said they were killed by three London drug dealers, whom he naturally refused to identify, insisting they'd kill his family.
The parents of the girls learned they were last seen with Boudreau, a known local drug dealer, whose car was later found burned out in his garage. The bodies were found by a searcher three days later in a cornfield and Boudreau was arrested a day later.
Perhaps if Osborne had been sitting on the bench when the killers of Terrence Ali were on trial, his mother wouldn't have to fight to get a 21 year old sadistic thug transferred to a federal penitentiary instead of letting him wallow in the day camp they call Sprucedale. More and more Osborne seem to be coming out of the woodwork and they deserve our support. Maybe they'll be instrumental in returning the meaning of a life sentence to just that, life.
Basically, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Sources: Joe Belanger Parents To Fight Killer's Parole Sun Media
Richard Boudreau was imprisoned more than 23 years ago for the bludgeoning to death of two teenage Sarnia girls, Kim Sauve, 15, and Shelley Brazeau, 16. Convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in these slayings, Boudreau has now applied for parole. In fairness to him, his sentence was life with no parole for 20 years and he has waited 4 years beyond that to make his first application. The hearing will be held sometime next month and the parents of Brazeau will be there having vowed to fight her killer's bid for parole. Sauve's parents, Bob and Sandy, have also said they will fight Boudreau's release, but as yet, have not been available for comment.
But what is telling is Osborne's comments when sentencing Boudreau. Calling him "a walking advertisement" for death-penalty supporters, he dismissed Boudreau's alibi as "bizarre" and concluded that it would be "difficult to articulate anything in Boudreau's credit." You have to love a guy who calls a spade a spade.
Boudreau, 48, of course denied murdering the girls. He told a rather lame story in which he said the girls were involved in drugs, prostitution and pornography. He said they were killed by three London drug dealers, whom he naturally refused to identify, insisting they'd kill his family.
The parents of the girls learned they were last seen with Boudreau, a known local drug dealer, whose car was later found burned out in his garage. The bodies were found by a searcher three days later in a cornfield and Boudreau was arrested a day later.
Perhaps if Osborne had been sitting on the bench when the killers of Terrence Ali were on trial, his mother wouldn't have to fight to get a 21 year old sadistic thug transferred to a federal penitentiary instead of letting him wallow in the day camp they call Sprucedale. More and more Osborne seem to be coming out of the woodwork and they deserve our support. Maybe they'll be instrumental in returning the meaning of a life sentence to just that, life.
Basically, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Sources: Joe Belanger Parents To Fight Killer's Parole Sun Media
