The initial blow was delivered by a heinous killer. But the cruel torture continues on and on by a system that cares only for the lifer, and not the victims he’s destroyed.

ln the latest outrageous move by the Parole Board of Canada, the families of Paul Bernardo’s victims have just learned they can’t attend or present their impact statements in person at the sex killer’s parole hearing next week at La Macaza Institution in Quebec.

Instead, they can mail them in and watch online.

It was even worse for Lisa Freeman. She’s been told there won’t be a parole hearing at all when her father’s axe murderer is up yet again for release — instead, a panel will do an “in-office review” and let her know the results.

Has the PBC lost all humanity?

Tim Danson, the longtime lawyer for the families of school girls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, is demanding an adjournment of Bernardo’s third attempt at parole so they can participate fully in person.

“You can’t make this stuff up. People are just outraged,” he said in an interview. “They’ve got to put this thing off and do it right.”

In a stern letter to the heads of the parole board, Corrections........

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