Homolka wants a Full Pardon
:shock: :shock: :shock: Like this is ever going to happen
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:shock: :shock: :shock: Like this is ever going to happen
Begging Her Pardon Just as people across the province let out a sigh of relief knowing Canada's most notorious female killer would be on a tight legal leash when she walks out of jail, Karla Homolka has some future plans that may inspire ire in many. The reviled killer told a Corrections Canada psychologist in 2001 that one day she hopes to be pardoned. And CityPulse obtained a letter from Homolka to the lawyer that negotiated her infamous plea bargain - dated February 13th, 1993 - requesting blanket immunity. The schoolgirl killer is scheduled to walk out of prison in July after completing her 12-year sentence for the murders of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. “I am desirous of obtaining blanket immunity against prosecution for any offences alleged to have been committed by me, or any offences that I am alleged to be a party to, or accessory to,” she wrote. Homolka’s request has stunned the French and Mahaffy families, the public, and Osgoode Hall law professor Alan Young. “It’s got to be the most absurd request for a pardon I’ve ever heard,” he said. “Conceivably after five years of being a good citizen she could apply but I do believe her past will haunt her.” The letter demonstrates how Homolka had a plan from the start, trying to think of ways to distance herself from the terrible crimes she committed through blanket immunity, he added. The girls’ families were outraged when they heard the news, according to Tim Danson, the lawyer representing them, and they plan to fight any Homolka attempts at a pardon. The killer’s request also angered members of the public who shuddered to think that someone found guilty of such heinous crimes could be eligible for legal forgiveness. “She doesn’t deserve it,” restaurant worker Shawnette Bankasingh said. “She did bad things and ... she shouldn’t be excused.” Since 1970, the National Parole Board has granted 330,000 pardons and denied only 3,000. But despite the numbers, Young believes the convict herself is the only one who believes she has a chance at being excused. To see the letter written by Karla Homolka, click the thumbnails. Text of Karla Homolka's Letter Requesting Immunity Saturday, February 13, 1993 I, Karla Leanne Bernardo of 61 Dundonald St., St. Catharines, Ontario do hereby authorize and instruct my counsel, George F. Walker, Q.C., to continue with his discussions and negotiations with Messrs. R.J. Houlahan Q.C., Murray Segal, Casey Hill and Mary Hall of the Attorney General Ministry. That I am desirous of obtaining blanket immunity against prosecution for any offences alleged to have been committed by me, or any offences that I am alleged to be a party to, or accessory to. That I am willing to provide statements to these representatives of the Attorney General’s Ministry or their designates subsequent to receiving this blanket immunity. That further, I understand that such blanket immunity does not extend to perjury. That I understand to provide information or what information I can, in relation to the French, Mahaffey (sic) investigations in return for said blanket immunity. That if during the course of producing those statements other criminal conduct surfaces, the blanket immunity won’t extend to those matters also. Dated at Niagara Falls, Feb. 13th/93 (Signed) Karla Leanne Bernardo. June 9, 2005