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In this short video, Greg speaks with a reporter about the courts decision to grant Doyle day parole. Doyle has been allowed to be on a three month day parole where he must attend an offender rehabilitation program. Parsons still believes the crown is not punishing Doyle properly as he was able to get a second degree murder charge with a lighter sentence.

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Greg Parsons speaks out about day parole for his mother's killer

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This documentary was uploaded to the True Story Documentary Channel on youtube and places specific emphasis on the 72 hours after the crime takes place. They believe that the best evidence is found or discovered in those hours.

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This is the CTV news W5 documentary on Greg Parsons. This documentary is important because in it the public gets its first look at the secretly recorded video and audio tapes of Doyle bragging about the murder and describing how he left a party to commit the crime. Because there was no trial, these tapes were never submitted as evidence.

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A Newfoundland man is falsely accused of murdering his own mother | W5 INVESTIGATION

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This is Gregory Parsons mother, Catherine Caroll. She was murdered on January 1st, 1991 in her home in St. Johns Newfoundland.

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Brian Doyle pictured in 2002 during his trial where he was sentenced to 18 years in prison without parole.

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A present day photo of Gregory Parsons. Greg has continued fight to keep his mothers killer behind bars as he believes that Brian will never be able to be reintegrated into society.

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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador article

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This article comes directly from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador and outlines the increase in compensation they will be giving to Parsons. The article states that Parsons will receive $650 000 extra in addition to what was already paid to him in 2002.

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Government to provide additional compensation to Greg Parsons

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Tom Marshall today announced that government will provide an additional compensation package for Greg Parsons. A total of $650,000 will top-up the original compensation provided in February 2002.

�Following a careful review of statements made during the Lamer Inquiry and concerns expressed by Commissioner Lamer, I was concerned about Mr. Parsons personal situation at the time he agreed to the original compensation package,� stated Minister Marshall

Commissioner Lamer has advised that the evidence at the inquiry revealed that Mr. Parsons was in such dire need that he probably instructed counsel to accept a compensation package that may not have been adequate. �Although we had previously stated that government would await Commissioner Lamer�s report on the administration of justice before addressing compensation concerns about the case of Greg Parsons, there was no reason to await the report � we have been provided with insight on the Parsons matter, have listened to the concerns expressed by Commissioner Lamer and felt that we had enough information to revisit the original package,� added Minister Marshall. �I am confident that this is the right thing to do.

�As Minister of Justice and Attorney General, I felt that I had a responsibility to consider Commissioner Lamers concerns, and upon careful review and consideration felt it was appropriate that additional compensation be provided to Mr. Parsons. The total amount awarded to Mr. Parsons ($1.3 million) remains within the scope of packages received by wrongfully convicted persons in Canada.�

Greg Parsons was wrongfully convicted in 1994, and was subsequently acquitted and declared factually innocent. Government awarded an ex gratia payment in February 2002 totalling $650,000. This payment included $450,000 to provide a monthly income, $200,000 cash payment. In addition, $198,000 was paid to cover the legal fees and disbursements incurred by Mr. Parsons.

The Lamer Inquiry is a public inquiry into alleged miscarriages of justice in the cases of Gregory Parsons, Randy Druken, and Ronald Dalton. The inquiry included a mandate to review the arrests and prosecutions of Greg Parsons and Randy Druken, which raised a number of questions relating to the administration of criminal justice in Newfoundland and Labrador. Specifically, a review of the investigations and circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings commenced against Greg Parsons and Randy Druken. The inquiry was also asked to review Ronald Dalton�s appeal of his murder conviction, and why he remained in prison for eight years before his appeal was heard by the Court of Appeal. The inquiry concluded in June 2005, and final report is expected by December 31, 2005.

Media contact: Billy Hickey, Communications (709) 729-6985, 691-6390

2005 09 01 2:45 p.m.

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Government to provide additional compensation to Greg Parsons

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Government to provide additional compensation to Greg Parsons Minister of Justice and Attorney General Tom Marshall today announced that government will provide an additional compensation package for Greg Parsons. A total of $650,000 will top-up the original compensation provided in February 2002.

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This article is from a local Newfoundland news website. Its important because the article is explaining how Parsons has delivered multiple victim impact speeches to try and convince authorities to keep his former friend in jail or even to transfer him to a higher security prison.

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Atlantic Canada >News
Parole Board of Canada grants killer Brian Doyle temporary day parole

Brian Doyle (right) speaks to lawyer John Duggan in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John's in 2002. TELEGRAM FILE PHOTO - Keith Gosse

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Greg Parsons delivered a passionate victim impact statement - his sixth, he said - to the Parole Board of Canada Tuesday, urging them, again, not to release his mother's murderer.

"I have done everything in my power to have my mom's stolen justice returned," he told the panel at the parole hearing for Brian Doyle. "Just remember, he will start trolling as soon as he's released and if he kills or attempts to rape, it's on you."

Parsons, who was wrongfully convicted for his mother's murder until DNA evidence proved otherwise, said he was disappointed when he learned Doyle had been transferred to a lower security prison, calling it a "country club" and saying he believes Doyle has not received appropriate treatment for the sexual nature of his crime. Parsons urged the board to consider Doyle's past pattern of behaviour, including a serious breach of his prior day parole last year that resulted in the revocation of his release, and reiterated his longstanding call for Doyle to be transferred to a higher-security prison.

"I feel he should not be released on parole. He should be returned to a proper institution with increased security and receive proper treatment for his sexual behaviours," Parsons said, calling Doyle a psychopath. "I will never stop fighting to keep this predator incarcerated and to prevent him from doing this to another person, and to fight for my mom's justice and legacy."

"I have done everything in my power to have my mom's stolen justice returned. Just remember, he will start trolling as soon as he's released and if he kills or attempts to rape, it's on you."
- Greg Parsons

Doyle is serving a life sentence for the murder of Catherine Carroll, whom he stabbed 53 times on New Year's Day 1991. He allowed Parsons, his friend at the time, to be wrongfully convicted of the murder two years later. DNA evidence exonerated Parsons in 1998.

Doyle was convicted of second-degree murder after a Mr. Big operation in which an undercover police agent posed as a member of an organized crime group and offered him $20,000 to murder his wife. Doyle confessed to murdering Carroll and bragged about being able to make someone else take the blame for it. He was given a life sentence in 2002 with no parole eligibility for 18 years.

Doyle had been granted day parole in 2020 but the parole board revoked it a year later after he violated his conditions by failing to disclose a romantic relationship to his parole officer and lying about it.

Greg Parsons gave another victim impact statement to the Parole Board of Canada during a hearing for convicted murderer Brian Doyle in relation to the death of Parson's mother Catherine Carroll on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 1991. - Telegram. file photo

Period of day parole granted

After a 90-minute hearing Tuesday, the board agreed to release Doyle on day parole again for up to three months to allow him to complete a treatment program. Once he completes it, he will return to prison.

The board said it had concerns with Doyle's repeated deceptive behaviour.

"Those were elements of your offence," a spokeswoman said. "The board finds unless you are challenged or confronted with your (lies), you don't come clean."

Doyle told the board he had been dependent on drugs and alcohol and his thoughts were "clouded" at the time he murdered Carroll, saying he had been struggling with his sexuality and his feelings about past sexual abuse. He said sexual rejection by Carroll after he went to her home had sparked his anger.

"The rejection just brought out the wrong emotions. It brought out the rage in me. Most of my life I worked towards getting what I wanted. Back then, I never wanted to hear 'no' to anything," he said.

The board noted Doyle had previously denied there was any sexual component to Caroll's murder. Board members also challenged his account of being terrified after he had killed her, pointing out he had later bragged about it to the undercover agents.

"That was me playing the big bad guy so they would take me into their criminal organization," Doyle replied.

Claim challenged

Doyle struggled with his replies to the board members' questions at times, like when they asked him how he had been able to justify to himself his lies to police about having killed Carroll and letting Parsons take the blame for it. When Doyle told the board members he had spent his life "trying to be a good person," they asked him when, exactly, he had made that decision.

"After the murder you left Canada and went to the United States, where you were breaking into houses and were involved in dealing drugs. You came back to Canada and got involved in what you thought was a criminal organization. When did you make the decision to be a good person, and how?" a board member asked.

"Once I was sober," Doyle replied.

The board also questioned Doyle about breaching the conditions of his last parole, pointing out he had been sober yet still turned back to lying and other means of deception. He said he had been fearful about opening up about his sexuality at that point.

"After the murder you left Canada and went to the United States, where you were breaking into houses and were involved in dealing drugs. You came back to Canada and got involved in what you thought was a criminal organization. When did you make the decision to be a good person, and how?"
- Parole Board

"I just want everyone to see that I'm not the man I was back then and I want to be a better person," he said. "I'm sorry to everyone affected by my callous actions and I'm so sorry for bringing this to light and for everyone having to suffer this all over again."

Doyle's parole officer described Doyle as being at a low-to-moderate risk to reoffend and said he believes Doyle has made progress in prison that could be continued on day parole.

The operator of the halfway house where Doyle will reside said Doyle has already agreed to frequent check-ins, to refrain from social media dating sites, to carry a GPS monitoring device, and the installation of spyware on his mobile devices. He will abide by an early curfew and will participate in various mental health programs, as well as a shoreline garbage cleanup and kitchen duties a few days a week. He won't be allowed any overnight leave.

The board said at this point in time, full parole is out of the question for Doyle.

"You continue to need some work in some key risk areas," the spokeswoman said.

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'I will never stop fighting to keep this predator incarcerated,' Newfoundlander Greg Parsons tells parole board about his mother's murderer | SaltWire

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Atlantic Canada >News Parole Board of Canada grants killer Brian Doyle temporary day parole ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Greg Parsons delivered a passionate victim impact statement - his sixth, he said - to the Parole Board of Canada Tuesday, urging them, again, not to release his mother's murderer.

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This CTV article outlines much more briefly the information contained in the W5 documentary. It mentions also how during the parole hearing, Doyle admitted that the crime was sexually motivated and how Parsons still to this day believes that the sentence of second-degree murder was not harsh enough. With the evidence from the tapes and his confession, Greg maintains that the murder was premeditated and that it should be treated as first degree.

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'I fear for the world': Wrongfully-convicted Newfoundland man speaks out against his mother's killer

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W5 investigates the story behind a man falsely accused for his mother's death in the tight-knit community of St. John's, Newfoundland. Avery Haines discloses missed clues, mistakes and the identity of the real killer.