“Karin had so much promise unfulfilled — as artist, mother, lover. Now she lay cold with a cold embryo inside her only because of criminal action. Because of crime committed in her own house where she had most right to expect shelter.”
In Ontario, the spouse of a murder victim may prepare a statement to be presented in court at the time sentence is passed and to be taken into consideration by the sentencing judge. Forms are available to aid in the preparation of these statements.
The enclosed guidelines said not all parts of the form had to be filled out and that indeed a Victim Impact Statement could be filed without using the form at all. Those needing more direction could attempt to answer a series of questions for each of the three headings. The first question pertaining to Emotional Loss was, “Has the crime affected your lifestyle?” Ted doubted whether anyone that could think in such terms would need to fill out the forms at all. Lifestyle was for the un-impacted.
