Arrested 37 years ago for the murder of Grade 9 Korah student Patrizia Mastroianni, Russell Colwell has been granted a temporary absence from prison — with supervision
One of Sault Ste. Marie’s most notorious criminals has won his fight to see the outside of prison for the first time in 37 years.
Although Colwell will be supervised at all times, the ruling marks a major milestone for a convicted killer who has been incarcerated for most of his life. His next logical step is to apply for day parole, which, if approved, would allow him to leave prison unattended.Patrizia Mastroianni was a Grade 9 student at Korah when she was randomly targeted on Oct. 14, 1987 — “an innocent person in the wrong place at the wrong time,” as the parole board wrote in a previous decision.
“We’re shattered,” Palumbo wrote in a brief message to SooToday, after yesterday’s decision was released. Generally speaking, the role of the parole board is to weigh two scenarios in every case: Would releasing the offender present an “undue risk to society,” or would it contribute to the ultimate goal of protecting society by facilitating the inmate’s reintegration “as a law-abiding citizen”?
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