Phillip Tallio granted escorted temporary absences from jail

Parole Board of Canada members have decided to allow 52-year-old Phillip Tallio the first real steps outside prison he has taken since the age of 17.
Tallio has spent more than three decades in jail for the murder of a toddler in Bella Coola — a crime he claims he did not commit, and that he is now appealing. The inmate’s only absences from prison since January 1984 were for medical reasons, according to a parole board decision in late December.
Board members denied Tallio