If the man who has spent more than 35 years in jail for one of New Zealand’s most notorious crimes is released from prison he will likely live unrecognised, according to a new ruling from the Parole Board
The board has ruled that current photos of Paul Joseph Dally, who raped and murdered 13-year-old Karla Cardno in May 1989, cannot be published.
The board has also made non-publication orders for the address from which he’d be released from prison to, if parole were granted, and any other relevant information leading to his identification.
So their concern is protecting Mr Dally, not allowing the families who will live next door to him being able to realise a convicted child rapist and killer is now hanging around their kids.
Maybe the Parole Board members should take him on as a boarder?
A review ordered by the board in 2009 found he scored highly on the “psychopathy checklist measure”, and that his characteristics pointed to the likelihood of serious violent and sexual recidivism.
Yet they’re now about to release him!
His risk of reoffending had changed from extremely high when he began his sentence to, in recent years, a low risk of violent offending and an average risk of sexual offending.
He has a life sentence. If they keep him in prison, then his risk of reoffending is extremely low for both violent and sexual offending.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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