{"id":1041,"date":"2007-03-05T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T04:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/03\/05\/what-to-do-about-the-balcony-rapist\/"},"modified":"2020-04-02T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:48:43","slug":"what-to-do-about-the-balcony-rapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/03\/05\/what-to-do-about-the-balcony-rapist\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do about the Balcony Rapist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you live in Canada, you\u2019ve likely heard of the Balcony Rapist<\/a> \u2014 now, if not 20 years ago. If you haven\u2019t heard of Paul Callow, the gist of it is that he was convicted of and incarcerated for the rape of 5 women in Toronto. He was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison, a term which ended just recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s in the news again, but this time because no one wants him living in their city. He first moved to Surrey, BC, and shortly moved to New Westminster. Not surprisingly, New West residents are upset and anxious that he\u2019s living in their city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I, too, would probably be anxious if he moved to Lethbridge, I have to wonder what else can be done. He served his time. Certainly, he has to live somewhere. But if no one wants him to live in their city, where can he go? He can\u2019t go back to prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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