MONTREAL — An Indigenous man convicted of murder and attempted murder could get parole after the Federal Court ruled the parole board failed to consider his traumatic past when it denied his release.

Jeffrey George Ewert, 61, was convicted in 1984 after he sexually assaulted and strangled two women in British Columbia in two separate incidents while highly intoxicated, killing one and leaving the other severely disabled.

Correctional Services deems Ewert's risk of violence as 'moderate to high in the short term,' according to the decision. The case will be reassessed{ai:summary}<p>A judge's gavel strikes a bitter note: the killer, Ewert, may walk free. The parole board's oversight of his painful past has set the stage for a dance with redemption, even as the shadows of his crimes linger like a thick fog.  </p><p>Justice skirts the edges of morality, leaving the echoes of assault and murder in its wake. #crime</p>

Indigenous murderer's childhood trauma ignored by parole board, court rules

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