ONTARIO, CANADA

In 2006, a close-knit family tried to deal with an escalating crisis, but they could only do so much before the situation ended in a devastating and senseless tragedy.

Brayton’s Poem: “My Identity”
I wonder what would happen if there were no such thing as murderers
I think it would be a good thing because people would walk around feeling a lot safer
There would be less feuds within family
People would still get hurt, but fewer people would die
There would be fewer people wanting revenge
There would be no need for the death penalty since no one would be put to death for killing someone else
I think the population would be happy because their family and friends would live longer
It would be a lot better world if there was no such thing as murderers.

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Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime

Podcast recommendation:
I’m not a Monster

Credits:
Research: Haley Gray
Additional research and writing: Kristi Lee
Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams
Disclaimer voiced by the host of True
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams

Music credits:
Kevin McLeod / Incompetech - Bittersweet, Immersed, Lightless dawn, spacial harvest, long note two
Kai Engel - Aspirato, Mercy, Soli, Onieri
Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Two
Theme song and additional tracks by We Talk of Dreams

Main information sources:
Interviews with Colin Bullock, with input from the Bullock family

Court document: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2018/2018onca556/2018onca556.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAMbGFja2llcyBidXNoAAAAAAE&resultIndex=1

https://www.victimsfirst.gc.ca/

https://www.victimsfirst.gc.ca/serv/vrc-dvc.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5690370/

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9175015-barrie-parents-blame-justice-system-after-son-s-killer-freed/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nick-bullock-solitary-confinement-segregation-1.4203008

https://www.thesudburystar.com/2013/10/30/victims-rights-parents-struck-by-grief/wcm/d8f5532e-cb75-8d9f-b74d-d0301d1d3418

https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/parents-outraged-let-down-and-betrayed-as-sons-killer-released-from-jail-1244832

https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/they-made-a-deal-with-the-devil-family-says-as-son-s-killer-walks-free-1.4296154

https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/barrie-man-found-guilty-of-murder-as-a-teen-getting-new-trial-1.4020504

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/braytonbullock