N.L. man who watched his father murder his mother wants stiffer sentences
A Newfoundland man who was four years old when he saw his father brutally beat his mother to death says he’s living in fear knowing Dale Ogden is out on day parole and believes he should have received a more punitive sentence.
Daniel Benoit, 22, said he wants to start a national conversation about murder sentences and Canada’s justice system in general, which he says lets convicted murderers off too easily.
Ogden was sentenced to life in prison for the second-degree murder of his wife Judy Ogden in early 2000, and the judge set his parole eligibility at 14 years. He has been out on day parole since September after being released from William Head Institution in Victoria, B.C.
“He can go and see his family. He can walk down the street. He can live a normal life,” said Benoit in a phone interview from his home in Stephenville, N.L., on Wednesday.