OTTAWA — An advocate for murdered and missing Indigenous women said Monday the release of a man who killed two women in Manitoba is another outrage from a justice system that victimizes Indigenous women and girls.

Melissa Robinson said she was shocked and angry when she first heard last week that Shawn Lamb had been granted statutory release.

Lamb pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2012 deaths of two Indigenous women — Carolyn Sinclair and Lorna Blacksmith — and was sentenced to 20 years the following year.

Lamb received statutory release earlier this month after serving two-thirds of his sentence.

Offenders serving life or indeterminate sentences are not eligible for statutory release.

Melissa Robinson's cousin Morgan Harris was killed by Winnipeg serial killer Jeremy Skibicki in

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