Luke’s Place Legal Director interviewed for The Sam Laprade Show

Pamela Cross

Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross, was interviewed on June 16, 2022 for The Sam Laprade Show, a radio show under CityNews Ottawa. The interview focused on ongoing inquest into the 2015 triple femicide in Renfrew County.

As Pamela mentioned, “the inquest may be difficult to observe for many people, but the goal isn’t to look back and lay blame. ‘The man who caused these deaths is in prison and he won’t get out,’ she said. ‘We need to understand what happened so that the jury can come up with recommendations for change in the future.’ Cross added the issues this inquest is hearing about are not unique to Renfrew County or the Ottawa Valley.”

“These are issues that happen everywhere, where women can’t access the services they need, where women are afraid to call the police because they think that will not help them or the abuser will become more violent.”