Robert Pickton: Family Members

Art Vertlieb Dept: Dozens of witnesses including police officers, Crown prosecutors and family members of the killer's victims have spent the past six months testifying about their involvement in the various investigations that targeted Pickton and reports of missing sex workers in the late 1990s and early 2000s, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The genius of the inquiry system is the ability to look back on events and to then look forward on recommendations," commission lawyer Art Vertlieb said in an interview and vANCOUVER - The public inquiry into the Robert Pickton case, which has spent months listening to allegations and explanations about why police failed to catch the serial killer, is shifting its focus to policies that could protect the impoverished sex workers of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Starting this week, commissioner Wally Oppal moves out of the courtroom for a series of less-formal policy forums, where he will invite suggestions for policies that could better protect the drug addicts and aboriginal women who find themselves vulnerable to predators such as Pickton. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.