In this highly anticipated continuation to Sandra Martins-Toner’s first book “The Last Six Minutes,” the sequel “Cry for Justice” takes Sandra’s readers through the years of being dragged into the convoluted Canadian Criminal Justice System.
Just when the family thought it was over, one of young Matthew’s killers appeals her conviction and is released on bail into the community pending her second trial.
Sandra and her family must face the torment of her release, and the re-victimization from a “System” not interested in the victims. The shocking conclusion to that trial leaves the family crying for justice and a nation stunned.
Matthew’s mother describes in chilling detail her heartache and her will to continue fighting for justice. This book reveals a Judiciary that is a cloistered member’s only group, leaving more victims in its wake.

EXCERPT

My name is Sandra, and I am the mother of a murdered child. The moment these words are spoken, I feel as if I should be standing at the front of a room celebrating my years of sobriety, discussing the triumphs of overcoming addictions with my peers. There is no twelve step program for those left behind in the aftermath of homicide. Instead I stand before the bereaved, the mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters of murdered children and loved ones sharing our losses.
Unlike most recovering addicts, the experience faced by victims of crime is not a consequence of choice but often random and senseless, sheer cruel fate. Still there are similarities, social stigma, grief, denial, anger and a belief system turned upside down.
The social stigma sometimes associated with being a victim is probably far less understood than that faced by the recoveree. I have seen first hand the effect of my “victimism” on others.