Subhead:The Parole Board of Canada condemned Jack Wayne Bender for deceiving the justice system for several years.#
A convicted axe murderer who spent more than half a century behind bars in Manitoba has lost his day parole after prison officials discovered he had been falsely claiming Métis ancestry for years in order to access Indigenous programming and culturally-based rehabilitation services.
According to a newly released decision from the Parole Board of Canada, 74-year-old Jack Wayne Bender admitted he fabricated his Indigenous identity while participating in Indigenous correctional programs and working with elders inside prison. The board revoked his day parole on May 5 after the deception came to light.
“You have maintained this deception for several years,” the board wrote, criticizing Bender’s dishonesty and lack of transparency throughout the parole process.
