B.C. premier wants to better understand bail reform failing in woman's murder
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British Columbia's premier says the province worked with the federal government to change its bail rules, so he is not sure why a man with a long and violent criminal history was released from jail weeks before the stabbing death of a woman in her Surrey, B.C., home.
British Columbia's premier says the province worked with the federal government to change its bail rules, so he is not sure why a man with a long and violent criminal history was released from jail weeks before the stabbing death of a woman in her Surrey, B.C., home.
David Eby called the murder "horrific," saying the reformed federal rules should have prevented Adam Mann's release.
The 40-year-old man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Tori Dunn last month, which her family has said stemmed from a home invasion.
Dunn's family has launched a petition calling for a legal review of the circumstances that led to Mann's release and for "changes to the system that will prevent similar tragedies in the future."
The petition, which was launched July 3, had amassed nearly 2,200 signatures as of Tuesday.
Eby said he has asked his team to reach out to the Dunn family to discuss the case to better understand what went wrong and to find ways to "support the family in their calls for further federal reform."
"This never should have happened," Eby said on Tuesday.
