Karla Homolka lives in Guadeloupe and has three children, new book reveals

[Swede]

Tanned, slimmer but still wary of strangers, Karla Homolka now has three children and lives in Guadeloupe under the name Leanne Bordelais, says a new book by journalist Paula Todd, who met the notorious former convict at her new home.

The book is the first confirmation of previous, sketchier news reports that Ms. Homolka married her lawyer’s brother, gave birth and moved to the French Caribbean island to escape public scrutiny.

She had lived in Quebec following her 2005 release from a 12-year sentence for her role in the lurid sex killings of two Ontario schoolgirls and the drug-induced death of her sister Tammy.

Ms. Todd wrote that she found Ms. Homolka in a small apartment with her new spouse, Thierry Bordelais, and their three small children, a girl and two boys.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/karla-homolka-lives-in-guadeloupe-and-has-three-children-new-book-reveals/article4360378/

[mainer]

1. Imagine being one of her children -- shudder.

What a monster.

[MadHound]

2. Sounds like a person who paid their debt to society in full,

And is trying to live a normal life. But the press simply won't leave her in peace.

Perhaps they should stop hounding a woman who has paid her debt to society. Or does the Canadian press track down every single person that serves their sentence?

[unreadierLizard]

3. The fact she offered up her sister to a know rapist

and helped Paul Bernardo rape and murder other girls means to me, she should die. But since we have no death penalty, she should be in jail for the rest of her days.

[MadHound]

7. Well, I understand that,

But the fact of the matter is that a court found her guilty, sentenced her to jail for the amount of time it thought just, and she served her sentence in full. She paid her debt to society. No matter what you think, or what I think, she doesn't deserved to be hounded for the rest of her life, never being able to live in peace. Doing so isn't justice, but just another form of vigilantism.

[Swede]

8. She turned on Bernardo,when it turns out she was the killer.

The Crown made a deal with the devil,a devil that does not deserve peace.

[MadHound]

11. It doesn't matter what deal was made.

The fact of the matter is that she paid her debt, and she doesn't deserve to be hounded by the press for the rest of her life.

Let me guess, you're one of those people who think that anybody convicted of a sex offense should only be allowed to live under an overpass out in the middle of nowhere.

[unreadierLizard]

13. Actually, no.

They should be sterilized to start, and placed under heavy restrictions.

They show no mercy to their victims, why should society show them any mercy?

[MadHound]

17. Ah, so some guy who got drunk, peed in public, and was seen by a minor should be castrated

Glad you're not on the bench.

[unreadierLizard]

21. I didn't say that.

I'm talking about hard-core sex offenders like Sandusky and the like. Persons who have beyond a reasonable doubt been proven guilty.

[MadHound]

27. Actually you did,

"They should be sterilized to start, and placed under heavy restrictions." in reference to sex offenders. No initial differentiation between "hard core" or other sex offenders, not initially.

So, now that you're backpedaling and trying to establish a line of demarcation, where is that line? Would you allow for the fact there are indeed some sex offenders who have changed, or would this be another blanket rule of yours?

[Swede]

14. Anyone torturing and murdering kids shouldn't be out and about.

nt

[MadHound]

19. Well, the fact of the matter is that in the eyes of the law, justice was served

She paid her debt and has a right to her privacy just like you and I.

[tabasco]

43. That's your opinion ---> that justice was served.

You seem to have a problem with other people having opinions.

[Boxcar Willie]

47. You seem

to have problem with justice system? Please address that. Justice served > anybody's opinion

[pennylane100]

46. Well that does not sound like such a bad idea

if the sex offense involved children and violence.

[unreadierLizard]

10. She should STILL BE IN PRISON.

Except she lied about her role to get a deal, then Paul Bernardo spilled the beans on her and revealed everything.

I would have revoked her deal right there, but for some stupid reason the Crown didn't.

I'll just say this - I won't shed any tears if anything happens to Karla.

[MadHound]

15. In your opinion.

In the eyes of a court of law, she got the sentence she deserved, justice was served, and she has paid her debt. Whatever else you think, that is where she stands in the eyes of the law. Are you putting yourself above the law? If so, you are no better than she or any other murderer.

[tabasco]

44. Your utter obeisance to the criminal justice system is laughable.

You: "Every act by every court in the world has been utterly flawless and just, because it had the clerk's stamp on it."

PATHETIC.

[treestar]

28. Why didn't she get a life sentence then?

The fact is that she did not.

We can have our opinions about cases, but the system decides.

[Swede]

29. She made a deal with the prosecutors before they found the tape showing her as the killer.

She tortured then murdered children,the deal was not justice.

[treestar]

31. Presumably the prosecutors did the best they could

Some people never get caught.

A tape showing her as the killer - there was really evidence that clear?

[Swede]

34. and enjoying the torture of the kids.

Miscarriage of justice.

[alcibiades_mystery]

52. treestar: yes, the reason this is an issue is because the deal preceded the tapes

She had already made her deal and put it all on Bernardo. Then, tapes was found that literally showed Ms. Homolko intimately involved in the killings. But that was after all the deals had been worked out and they were not retractable, as I recall.

The difference between the clear evidence of Ms. Homolka being a cold-blooded torture-killer and the way she portrayed herself to get her deal is what is at issue. Had the Crown or anybody had access to those tapes prior to dealing with Ms. Homolka, she would be essentially locked under the prison like Mr. Bernardo.

[rocktivity]

40. But the crown wouldn't cancel the deal.

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And they wouldn't even have found the tape if Bernardo hadn't told them where it was.

If the tape had turned up AFTER the trial, I'd say, "Double jeapoardy, rotten luck." But what the Crown should have told her is "You lied to us, we can prove it, the deal's off -- you're not leaving here until you're in a body bag!"


rockivity

[Blue_Tires]

45. canada typically goes a little lighter on sentencing

Even Denis Lortie was paroled after only 8 years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Lortie

[treestar]

48. Wow. Guess the mental illness claim worked for him there

Amazing he is out. He did worse than the guy who shot at Reagan.

[Swede]

5. The girls died while Bernardo was at work,yet she is the one that got the sweetheart deal.

3 murders under her belt,she deserves no peace.

[unreadierLizard]

6. It's funny, because before Bernardo met Holmolka he had killed no one

he was still a rapist, but I think Karla encouraged him to start killing.

[MadHound]

9. She paid her debt to society,

Do you also think that other people who have paid their debt to society should be hounded by the press? After all, there are plenty of other murderers, both in the US and Canada, who paid their debt to society and are now walking the streets. Should we have the press hound them as well?

You are advocating a form a vigilante justice.

[Swede]

12. She's a triple murderer that squealed on Bernardo to get light sentence.

The video tape they found was of her murdering and torturing these kids,she deserves no peace.

[unreadierLizard]

18. You're perpetuating the stereotype

by RWers that liberals care more about criminals then they do victims.

[MadHound]

23. Ah, so now you are saying that liberals should be just as bloodthirsty as RWer's.

Be careful that you're not turning into that which you hate.

I'm not perpetuating anything except the rule of law. You are the one who is advocating vigilante justice.

[unreadierLizard]

24. I am not advocating anything of the sort.

All I am saying is that this monster should still be in jail. Justice in the eyes of ALMOST EVERYONE was not done.

She lied to get where she is. She should still be in jail.

[treestar]

32. No, because those right wingers

are complaining about the system allowing criminal accused's rights to counsel, speedy trial, and that evidence obtained in violation of the law not be used against them.

Here you are simply disagreeing with the workings of a functioning system. It's like saying OJ is guilty, though he was was acquitted. We can say that, but no punishment is to be imposed on him for the murder for which he was acquitted.

This person did the time the system gave her, so it's over. You can complain it's not enough, but it was the punishment imposed by law.

[Swede]

20. I think anyone torturing and murdering kids should not be free.

I hope she never has a minutes rest.

[MadHound]

25. But she is free, she has paid her debt to society,

And frankly, under the rule of law what you think doesn't matter, but rather what the court decides. So I suggest this, go down and hassle this woman, try and not give her a moment's peace, and see just how fast you wind up in jail for trespassing and other laws pertaining to her right to privacy.

[Swede]

26. Do you have kids? She tortured,then murdered children.

WTF dude?

These girls were murdered by Homolka,not Bernardo.

[treestar]

36. Bernardo must be trying to get his sentence reduced then

Why wouldn't he?

[Swede]

37. He kidnapped,raped & tortured these girls,cut up their bodies and dumped them.

I don't think he will get a lighter sentence. They died while he wasn't there,but he's guilty,just the same.

[treestar]

49. But less guilty than she, per the argument

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Evidence was hidden from the court for her sentencing

Video tapes, which, if they had been available at the time of her plea bargain, might have ensured a murder conviction for her.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/06/16/f-bernardo-homolka-timeline.html

You repeatedly say "she has paid her debt to society" as if there is some quantifiable harm done to society that is definitively and perfectly measured by a court, and which is then undone by someone being in prison for the given length of time. That's actually a silly concept; someone who steals may be able to 'repay their debt', but rapists and murderers cannot. They harm individuals, and that cannot be undone.

The video evidence sounds enough for people to have genuine concerns that she has children of her own - her previous behaviour with her sister shows that a blood relationship wasn't enough to stop her.

[treestar]

33. She served out the sentence

Imposed by the courts. Nothing else can be done. While people are sometimes wrongly jailed, others are wrongly let go. Look at how many people are certain OJ was guilty even though he was acquitted.

[msanthrope]

22. Out of bounds personal attack. Please edit. nt

[Spazito]

41. She didn't pay her debt to society in full...

she fucking lied about her involvement in the deaths, all three of them, and it came to light when videos of the horrid abuse and murders were found, sadly, they were found only after the prosecution made a deal with her. She is as heinous a monster as her husband at the time was and he is locked up for life as a dangerous offender as she should have been.

Now that she is found again, I hope the press hound her every minute, every day so the freedom she gained through abject lies isn't freedom at all.

[russspeakeasy]

4. A true beast.

[mysuzuki2]

35. She served her time and should not be hounded.

BUT I hope someone is keeping an eye on her and her children.

[rocktivity]

38. The moral of this story

If your fiance confesses that he or she has the hots for your younger sister or brother, it's the fiance that you should dump.

At least the Canadians don't have to worry about her anymore.


rocktivity

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. I always thought she was a battered spouse

Yes she should have served more time in prison but he was the mastermind and he beat the shit out of her to get her to help him.

[unreadierLizard]

42. That's a matter of opinion.

A lot of Ontarians, myself included, that she lied about all the whole "He beat me" just to make herself sound sympathetic and that she was the real mastermind behind the murders, not Bernardo.