The Parole Board of Canada (CLCC) rejected the one-day parole application requested by one of the perpetrators of the triple murder in Trois-Rivières ten years ago.
“You pose an unacceptable risk to society if you are granted a day off […] “Your release does not contribute to the protection of society by promoting your social reintegration,” the CLCC ruled in its decision published on Friday.
Almost ten years after the triple murder he committed with an accomplice in Trois-Rivières, Cédric Bouchard requested day parole at a hearing before the organization on Tuesday.
Despite his life sentence, he was given this opportunity because he was a minor at the time of the crime he committed. However, due to the complexity of the case, the commissioners had to make the decision in consultation.
On Friday they finally confirmed that Cédric Bouchard will not be able to benefit for the time being. An application for early release from prison was also rejected. He cannot reapply until December 2028.
Too much “fragility”
As with Bouchard's request for release last July, the CLCC believes he still exhibits too much emotional fragility that “has not been the subject of therapeutic work.”
The organization commemorates Bouchard's suicide attempt and his relapse into the drug scene almost a year ago, during a breakup. This emotional event for the detainee is also a common denominator of the crime on February 11, 2014.
The CLCC also emphasizes that when questioned on the subject, Cédric Bouchard is still unable to explain his actions and the “grave reasons” that led him to follow his accomplice into vice.
“You must continue to seriously address the causes of your criminality and all of your risk factors that still require significant action,” the commissioners said in their decision.
Step-by-step approach
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and Mr. Bouchard's psychologist were not in favor of day parole, but instead initially opted for a transfer to a minimum security prison facility.
This is also the opinion of the CLCC, which believes that a step-by-step approach should be preferred in its case. Particularly because of its “strong institutionalization at the time”. [qu’il a] beyond the end [son] Youth and everything [son] Adulthood in a detention center.
Concerns were also raised during the hearing about the offender's cannabis problems, while upon his release he will face the drug's ubiquity on the streets since it was legalized.
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