5 minutes for Darrel Mickasko

Monday, February 25, 2008 by David Eby

According to a letter recently sent to Pivot Legal Society, Chief Coroner Terry Smith has not ruled out the possibility of a coroner's inquest into the death of Darrel Mickasko, the homeless man who burned to death trying to keep warm last month. Darrel's partner is still in the hospital recovering from burns to 40% of her body. The picture shows the doorway where they were sleeping.
If you have five minutes, please take the time to send a polite e-mail to the Chief Coroner, Mr. Terry Smith at Bc.corser@gov.bc.ca to ask that the Coroner's Service conduct a public inquest into the death of Mr. Mickasko.

In your letter, you might consider mentioning:

- that as a member of the public, you do not want this tragic death to be overlooked;

- that Darrel's death was preventable, and a public inquest will assist in preventing similar deaths from occurring in the future; and,

- that if people are dying on the streets as a result of homelessness, the public has a right to know of such deaths.

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