The National Parole Board granted Robert Latimer four days of unescorted leave on March 13, 2008, before his parole begins in Ottawa.
May 8, 2008 - "I want to be Free: Latimer" CBC News
March 21, 2008 - "Tracy Latimer never made the choice to end her life" Calgary Herald
March 18, 2008 - "Paroled in Ottawa - Latimer faces uphill battle" The Globe & Mail
March 18, 2008 - "Latimer to continue battle to clear name" The Province
March 17, 2008 - "'Compassionate Homicide' - The law and Robert Latimer" CBC In Depth
March 14, 2008 - "Released from prison, Latimer flies out of BC" CBC News
March 14, 2008 - "Latimer granted leave for visit home" The Globe & Mail
March 14, 2008 - "Board gives Latimer four days of unescorted leave" CTV News
The National Parole Board Appeal Division granted day parole to Robert Latimer on February 27, 2008.
February 27, 2008 - Click here to read the BCACL press release on this decision.
February 27, 2008 - Click here to listen to a CKNW Radio interview with Laney Bryenton on "The World Today".
Please use "bcacl" (without quotes) as the username and password; select Feb 27, 5:00 in the drop down menu; and scroll to 3/4th the way down in the show (around 5:45 pm) to listen to the interview.
February 28, 2008 - "On Robert Latimer and how Canada just became scarier for the disabled", The National Post
February 28, 2008 - "Latimer wins day parole", The Victoria Times Colonist
February 28, 2008 - "Latimer wins day parole" The Vancouver Sun
Write to The Honourable Robert Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Canada, to challenge the request by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association for clemency for Robert Latimer. Click here to see CACL's letter to the Minister.
Write to the Green Party of Canada - which is expressing some support for Robert Latimer and concern about the Parole Board decision. Click here to see the Green Party Press release. Click here to see CACL's letter to the Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
December 4, 2007 - Click here to read CACL/BCACL's Press Release the day before the parole hearing.
December 5, 2007 - CKNW: Christy Clark Show. Scroll down to December 5 and click on Hour 2: Should Robert Latimer get day parole? to find an interview with Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President, CACL (before Parole Board decision was out).
December 5, 2007 - CTV News. Look in the right side bar on this page to find an interview with Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President, CACL (before Parole Board decision was out).
December 6, 2007 - Laney Bryenton was quoted in the Globe & Mail article, Latimer: 'I still don't feel guilty'.
December 6, 2007- Rory Summers and Laney Bryenton were quoted in this Victoria Times Colonist article, Unrepentant Latimer loses bid for parole.
December 7, 2007 - CACL/BCACL news release was quoted in this Gazette editorial, Paroling Latimer will endanger no one.
December 19, 2007 at 9:00 am, CKNW's Bill Goode Show hosted "Why is Robert Latimer still in Jail?”
December 19, 2007 - The Province Article "End Latimer"s "ordeal” Civil Liberties Association urges Tories”
December 19, 2007 - The Province Article "Civil liberties association joins fight to have Latimer paroled”
January 23, 2008 - Globe and Mail article "Latimer Appeals Parole Board Decision"
January 23, 2008 - CBC News - "Latimer Appeals Deial of Early Parole"
January 28, 2008 - Vancouver Sun's Ian Mulgrew writes "Robert Latimer has perfect case for clemency"