Many have read Susan Gilbreath's story in the Toronto Star,  and like so many others, I am angry and deeply disappointed by how badly the justice system has let her down.

[Read Susan's story in the Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/naming-your-attacker-would-be-unfair-toronto-judge-tells-sex-assault-victim-before-handing-down-very-low-sentence/article_b8db5d58-db23-4e21-a7e8-1e039d441d5f.html#tncms-source=login]

There is so much about this case that is appalling. The brutality of the physical and sexualized violence Susan endured. The fact that Fredrick Moore was already on probation for choking another intimate partner when he assaulted her. And after nearly four years of waiting for justice, he received just 3½ years in prison, less than half of the eight years the Crown had asked for. And he immediately appealed and was released on bail that very same morning.

What makes this even more disturbing is that the judge spent so much time discussing Moore's weight loss, sobriety, and arthritis management, and apparently felt these deserved greater consideration than imposing a sentence that strongly denounces his serious violence against Susan, his repeated violence against intimate partners, and the lifelong, irreversible harm he caused her.

We tell women to report violence, come forward, and trust the system. Yet time and time again, we watch that same system let them down.

The Crown has until November 22, 2026, to appeal Moore's sentence and, to my knowledge, has not yet done so.

I'm asking everyone who shares these concerns to sign and share this petition, calling on the Ontario Crown to urgently appeal this sentence.

Let's make sure Susan knows she isn't standing alone, and that we expect better for every survivor of sexualized and intimate partner violence.

Justice for Susan! Justice for survivors!