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Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all with regard to Canada’s justice system, along comes another policy that simply takes your breath away — in the negative sense of the term.

James Peters had a parole hearing Nov. 16 in Dorchester, N.B., where, after about four hours, the two-time sex slayer was denied parole. That’s the good news. Hold tight for the bad.

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Peters, along with his partner in crime, the now-deceased Robert Brown, was convicted Jan. 18, 1983, of two counts of first-degree murder for the abduction, rape and murders of Debbie Stevens of High River on Dec. 12, 1981, and 16-year-old Laurie Boyd of High River on Jan. 30, 1982.

After both men took turns raping the victims, they bludgeoned and stabbed them and then set their bodies on fire. The crimes spread fear across Alberta.

While it’s good news that Peters was denied parole, the bad news is the Parole Board of Canada can’t share the written decision with the victims’ families and the media — putting a double murderer’s privacy rights ahead of the public’s safety and right to know.