A man who was convicted of killing his 19-month-old son will only serve two-thirds of his sentence after being released from prison because of "difficult conditions.".Joey Crier, 31, was sentenced to 9 and-a-half years in prison in August 2020. His son's lifeless body was found outside Edmonton’s Good Shepherd Anglican Church in 2017. .However, his sentence was reduced to three years because he was assaulted in jail and spent much of his pretrial time segregated in protective custody..According to documents released by the Parole Board of Canada on Wednesday, Crier was granted a statutory release..With the statutory release Crier will be supervised while he reintegrates back into society. He also has to abide by various conditions set out by the board, such as refraining from using drugs or alcohol, following a treatment plan for substance abuse, reporting relationships with women and not to have contact with certain people..“In the board’s overall analysis it has not lost sight on the serious and violent nature of your index offence, which resulted in the loss of life to the child victim,” the parole board document stated.."Your neglect and violent actions toward the child contributed to the child’s death and the harm and trauma caused to the victim’s family has not been lost on the board.”.It was determined by medical professionals that Crier's 19-month-old son, Anthony Joseph Raine, suffered a fatal blow to the head and abuse before being found dead..During his sentencing hearing, Crier said he was “truly and deeply sorry” for what happened..The parole board noted Crier, who's indigenous, had a rough childhood, was raised in a First Nation community where he was exposed to substances and domestic abuse..The board said Crier has accepted "some responsibility for his actions" and has displayed some "victim empathy" during his time in prison.
