Police apologise over child murders probe

from the article on BBC News:

Scotland's largest police force has apologised for a series of failures in its handling of a double child murder.

Strathclyde Police said that it was "extremely sorry" for the way Giselle Ross was treated after the deaths of her sons, Paul, six, and Jay, two.

The children were murdered by their father Ashok Kalyanjee at a beauty spot in the Campsie Fells in May 2008.

Mar 31, 2010 Police, Apology, Offender, Community, Region: Europe, Country:England&Wales, Conflict

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Crime victims get right to apology

from Bob Roberts' article in the Mirror:

Criminals could be ordered to say sorry to victims in face-toface meetings as part of their sentence.

Gordon Brown wants those who have had offences committed against them to be given the right to a personal apology.

Criminals would also have to explain why they broke the law and offer some way of putting it right. The plans to shame them would be on top of any prison or community sentence handed out.

Mar 23, 2010 Country:England&Wales, Region: Europe, Apology, Offender

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Africville apology is a start, not an end

from Mike Barber's entry on Internet Health Info:

This week's apology by city of Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly, for the evictions and razing of the African-Canadian community of Africville in Nova Scotia during the 1960s, marks a small but significant moment in the history of slavery and racism in Canada. The official apology issued February 24, 2010, made on behalf of Halifax Regional Council and Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), was accompanied by terms of the 2005 agreement reached between the municipality and the Africville Genealogy Society, which, along with a formal acknowledgment of loss, included:

• $3 million (CAN) contributed towards the reconstruction of the Seaview United Baptist Church which will serve as a memorial to Africville;
• 2.5 acres of land at Seaview Park to be provided to the Africville Heritage Trust Board;
• a park maintenance agreement to be established between Africville Heritage Trust and HRM for the lands known as Seaview Park;
• and, the establishment of an African-Nova Scotian Affairs function within HRM.

Mar 03, 2010 Country:Canada, National Reconciliation, Apology, Offender

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