Well, the psychopathic serial killer is out. What will happen next?
Either someone will kill her, or she might decide life on the outside is no longer for her and purposely breach her conditions to go back to jail, or people will get bored of tracking her whereabouts and forget about her. Somehow I doubt the last one. She will probably cause fear and outrage in whichever community she tries to settle in. I certainly wouldn’t want her in mine. At the same time I would be surprised if someone actually did kill her. Death threats are just threats.
On another note, if she did not go directly from prison to the TV station I would have thought for sure that she had had plastic surgery. She does not look a thing like she did twelve years ago.
its a disgrace that she only served 12 years. totally outrageous.
she will never be accepted by society, she will never be forgiven. i think she is a prime candidate for suicide somewhere down the road…that, or a return trip to prison.
Ya, jail system here is a joke, but quite frankly, are you so anxious about that. I mean, when a Hell Angel come out of prison, no one even notices it. How come she’s any worse than all the scum jail lets out everyday? I feel media over reacted and created a movement of panic in the population by putting too much emphasis on her release.
[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
I feel media over reacted and created a movement of panic in the population by putting too much emphasis on her release. [/quote]
You’re right on this one Zen, i was listening a french radio station this morning and they were making fun of her like she was an animal or something. There’s people even more dangerous then her walking in the streets and nobody give a f***. Media just want to make some easy money over her case.
[quote]Zen warrior wrote:
Ya, jail system here is a joke, but quite frankly, are you so anxious about that. I mean, when a Hell Angel come out of prison, no one even notices it. How come she’s any worse than all the scum jail lets out everyday? I feel media over reacted and created a movement of panic in the population by putting too much emphasis on her release. [/quote]
i agree to a certain extent. however, a member of the hells angels would most likely be commiting crimes against rival gangs or other undesirables/ societal lowlifes…i guess you could call it the cost of doing business in that type of lifestyle. karla homolka was a child rapist, torturer and murderer…her crimes were against total innocents. she is probably the most notorious female convict in canadian hostory, hence the media circus. is it unwarranted? not IMO.
[quote]JPBear wrote:
I find it interesting that both Quebec posters so far have had the same opinion. Karla figured Quebecers would go easier on her. Maybe she was right?[/quote]
Interesting indeed, but I did not say I would’ve been easier on her. Reread my post, I clearly say that jail sentences in this country of ours are a joke. What made me feel it was unwarranted was the fact that media litterally set a watch to catch a glimpse of her, going so far as to set up camp for the night.
Now compare that to Maurice “Mom” Boucher’s trial coverage, and you’ll see what I mean. And for the record, he did in is fair share of innocents too. The fact that she’s a woman struck people a lot more than what she did, because it’s commited everyday somewhere and nobody gives a crap about it.
A lot of the attention she recived came from the fact that nothing else was happening. When its all quiet on the western coast, media have a way of inflating events, blowing them up to give them more attention then they’re really worth. As is the case here, imho. And as for Quebecer going easier on her, I believe you’re right. Her crimes didn’t do such an impression here as it did in other parts of the country, Ontario in particular. Staying here is of course a calculation on her part.
I had to do a search before I remembered her story:
“Homolka was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1993 after she pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter for her role in her then-husband Paul Bernardo’s sex slayings of Leslie Mahaffy, 14, and Kristen French, 15, and the fatal drugging rape of Homolka’s youngest sister Tammy, 15.”
I forgot…what happened to him?
I also found out that Canadian Law states that a Federal Offender must be e released after 2/3rd’s of their sentence if it can’t be proven that they are likely to kill again.
Is this true?
Another twist…a supposed Lesbian Lover that she met in prison slated to be released who stands to inherit millions from an Estate or something?
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
I forgot…what happened to him? [/quote]
He was sentenced to life, but he will be able to apply for parole after serving 25 years. Our National Parole Board makes questionable decisions regarding parolees all the time, but I doubt they will ever release him, it would be a political nightmare.
Yes, it is called statutory release. Inmates are eligible for parole even sooner, after one third of the sentence. The fact that Karla served the full 12 years of her sentence is remarkable. It is very rare here. I actually cannot think of another case where this has happened.
The worst thing about this case is that prosecutors reached a plea bargain with Homolka, a 12-year sentence for manslaughter in exchange for testimony against Bernardo. The prosecution bought her story that she was an abused wife participating only out of fear. Then during the course of the trial, the defense handed over homemade video tapes of the crimes where Karla is shown to be an enthusiastic participant. She was even shown drugging and sexually assaulting her own little sister, who later choked on her own vomit and died. She is a disgusting monster.
That plea bargain was very unfortunate. The public called for the prosecution to take away the bargain after the tapes surfaced, and I really don’t know why that did not happen.
Really, our justice system is a joke. Our sentences are like: Please chew on this bubble gum for a month, when desired.
She says she “Still hasn’t forgiven herself”. Well good, I don’t think anyone else has either. I think the only thing that would redeem our society would be if someone killed her in a public place and every single witness refused to come forward with any information. In a case like this I would be behind mob justice %100.
If she’s halfway intelligent, and apparently she is, she’ll be living in fear for the rest of her life. That’s some consolation I guess.
I saw the interview with Homolka on the day of her release. As someone who is a recent import to Canada, I really didn’t know anything about her case until all the coverage in the lead up to her release.
The thing I took from her interview was that she seemed to be totally cold and calculating in conducting the interview. She repeatedly said how she couldn’t stop thinking about what she had done, how terrible it was, blah blah blah. But her expression never changed while she expressed this “remorse”.
It was an attempt at PR on her behalf, I don’t believe for a moment that she is reformed. The only thing she regrets is getting caught.
She says she wants to be left alone, but I think she wants to stir up interest in her story so she can sell a book. Are there laws against criminals profiting from selling their stories? If not, there should be! May she rot in Hell!