Homolka to be released
This just sickens me. People like this find others like themselves....of course she's a risk to the public. I think that the lawyer that held onto those tapes that enabled her to make the deal should be forced to have her live in his home. This whole thing sickened me so much I have not to this day read one word about what the trial. I read some pretty strange fiction, but this just made me ill and scared the hell out of me more than anything I've ever read or seen. Ontario announces plan to rein in Karla Homolka CTV.ca News Staff Ontario officials have plans to rein in Karla Homolka when she walks out of prison less than three months from now, Attorney General Michael Bryant confirmed Monday. "Make no mistake about it: No matter where she goes, no matter what she does, Ontario crown prosecutors will be waiting for her," he told reporters. Bryant said his province will first ask a Quebec provincial court judge for an order restricting Homolka's movements. He said he would also try to get a similar order in every province or territory imposing "the strictest conditions possible" on the infamous schoolgirl killer when her 12-year prison sentence ends in July. Meanwhile, Bryant said he had the support of his counterparts in all provinces and territories, who "stand shoulder to shoulder, from coast to coast to coast, ready, willing and able to protect the public upon the release of Karla Homolka." Tim Danson -- lawyer for the families of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, the two victims of Homolka and her husband Paul Bernardo -- said his clients want to see strict controls on Homolka and her movements. In a decision made public last December, the parole board ruled that while Homolka has made some progress toward rehabilitation, there are still concerns she may pose a risk to the public. Ontario authorities are concerned that Homolka, now 35, may choose to live in Quebec upon her release. "The recognizance, if ordered, will contain various conditions that are designed to help prevent the commission of another offence," Bryant said. The conditions can include curfews and suggestions of ways to keep the convicted killer on a tight leash using section 810 of the Criminal Code. This section allows anyone to ask the provincial court to order restrictions in cases where reasonable grounds exist to believe someone will commit a serious offence. No matter where she moves in Canada, provincial authorities are expected to seek restrictions on where she wants to live, work, and travel. If Homolka violates a condition of the order, Bryant said she can expect a "swift return to court" and also a "vigorous prosecution. "No matter where she goes, our justice system is going to be watching her. She has been convicted of the most horrific ghoulish crimes imaginable to human kind," he said. Last week, a parole board in Quebec ruled in favour of keeping her in jail until the end of her 12-year sentence, denying her request to overturn another panel's December ruling. "The parole board has made findings that she may pose a risk to the public, so we want to make sure we're doing everything to protect the public upon her release," Bryant said. That ruling also concerned Danson. "They (the board) were certain she will re-offend, and re-offend violently, so clearly an 810 order in the scheme of things is at best a band-aid solution," he said. Peter Kormos, the Ontario NDP's justice critic, said, "Anything less than 24 hour-a- day, seven-days-a-week police surveillance does a huge disservice to the community and puts people at risk." Homolka was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1993 after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter for her role in Bernardo's slayings of Mahaffy, 14, and French, 15. Bernardo was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. He was also declared a dangerous offender, making it unlikely he will every leave prison. With a report from CTV's Peter Murphy and files from The Canadian Press

I read a book about Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. No matter what kind of abuse she suffered at the hands of Paul, she could have left at any time and not became a partner in his crimes. She helped him rape and kill her sister! I don't know how she could put pleasing a man above protecting a family member. I have zero sympathy for Karla and I'm glad the authorities will be keeping an eye on her after she's released from prison.