If Someone Convicted Of This Type of Crime Truly Changes, Do They Deserve A Second Chance⁉️🤔⛓️ Hamed Shafia, who was convicted alongside his parents of murdering his three teenage sisters and his father’s first wife, has been granted an escorted absence from the medium-security prison where he is serving a life sentence. Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, Geeti Shafia, 13, and Rona Amir Mohammad, 52, were found dead inside a vehicle submerged in the Rideau Canal in Kingston in June 2009. Shafia and his parents were convicted in 2012 of four counts of first-degree murder. Each received a life sentence with no eligibility for parole for 25 years. The Parole Board has now approved Hamed for a brief escorted visit to a minimum-security facility, citing progress while saying a gradual approach remains necessary. His separate request for an escorted visit to a mosque was denied. The case became one of Canada’s most widely reported murder trials, with the trial judge describing the ki...