Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about KARLA HOMOLKA!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: leanne teale is a serial killer who raped and killed at least three minors between 1990 and 1992 . she was convicted of manslaughter following a plea bargain in the rape-mur homolka struck a plea deal with prosecutors for a reduced prison sentence of 12 years . she scored 5/40 on the psychopathy checklist, in contrast to Bernardo’s 35/40 . videotape homolka hatched a plan to frame Bernardo for drugging Tammy . she saw an opportunity to “minimise risk, take control, and keep it all in the family” Bernardo and Karla homolka drugged Tammy Homolka with animal tranquilizers . they raped Tammy while she was unconscious; she choked on her own vomit and died . a few four media outlets and one author oppose the application . public access to the internet effectively nullifies the court’s order . a publication ban by an Ontario Court cannot apply outside of Ontario . Internet rumours go beyond the known details of the case . Canadians bootlegged copies of The Buffalo Evening News across the border . newspapers, border radio and television stations reported details gleaned from sources at trial newspapers were turned back at the border or not accepted by distributors in Ontario . Gordon domm, a retired police officer, was charged and convicted of disobeying a lawful court order . little was known about aaron carroll: to secure a conviction against Bernardo, her story had to be believed . he says by casting her as a victim of his predatory behaviour, her responsibility could be diminished . carroll Murray and Carolyn MacDonald were withholding evidence . he and his law partners had studied over 4,000 documents from the Crown . Murray has said he would hand over the tapes if they had let him cross- the tapes were sealed in a package and turned over to the judge at Bernardo’s trial . Murray consulted his own lawyer, who asked the law society’s professional-conduct committee for advice . he handed “the public grew incensed as the full extent of Homolka’s role in the case was finally exposed . the plea agreement now seemed unnecessary, says robert mcdonald . Speculation fed by publicity ban on plea bargain which stood until Bernardo’s trial . ‘that [Bernardo] would be incarcerated for his mortal lifespan seemed a foregone conclusion,’ in return for reduced charges, she escaped central blame for the deaths . judge: “the Crown had no alternative but to negotiate with the accomplice” in this case, “the ‘lesser of two evils’ to deal the disposition of tapes of Homolka watching and commenting on the tapes remains sealed . the collapses were severe enough that she was hospitalized, sometimes for months at a time . she was required to pay all fees homolka graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Queen’s . she was moved from Kingston in the summer of 1997 to a medium security prison in Joliette, Quebec . Homolka’s letters to Véronneau were “in French and on the same kind of childish, puppy-dog-decorated paper” her language, Blatchford noted, was “equally juvenile in 2000, homolka told psychiatrists she did not consider the relationship to be homosexual . psychiatrist noted in his report that under the circumstances, the relationship was not abnormal . in 2001, she was transferred to the victims’ families have said that she has never apologized to them . tim Danson: “i tried so hard to save her” “i don’t let go right now because I want my clothes” forensic psychologist: if she posed any kind of danger, it lay in the possibility of her linking up with another sadist . “it’s not for nothing that she did what she did with Bernardo,” he tell the facts of the case shredded Homolka’s cloak of victimization . her demeanour on the witness stand had been at times “indifferent, haughty and irritable” the npb reprimanded Homolka for her relationship with convicted murderer Jean-Paul Gerbet . the panel said she had “secretly undertaken an emotional relationship” with another inmate . homolka may choose to live a quiet life in Quebec, where her crimes are not as well known . “the Ontario Crown will ask a Quebec judge to impose conditions under Section 810 of Criminal Code on her release” “that’s why [Toronto lawyer Tim Danson] believes the families want the government to amend the Section,” he says . section 810.2 of the Criminal Code places restrictions on Homolka as a condition of if she planned to be away from her home for more than 48 hours, she had to give 72 hours’ notice . she was forbidden to be with people under the age of 16. She was forbidden from consuming drugs other than prescription medicine homolka filed a request in the Quebec Superior Court for a wide-ranging injunction . the court felt it might be detrimental to her as well . public hostility and her high profile might endanger her upon Homolka tells interviewer Joyce Napier she chose Radio Canada over Ontario . she says she paid her debt to society legally, but not emotionally or socially . homolka’s solicitor sat beside her; she did not speak . her mother was also present but off-screen . there is a moral vacuity in her which is difficult to explain . former veterinary clinic co-worker: “now believes Homolka’s actions were those of a psychopath” letters written by homolka to her ex-friend have been pulled from ebay . forensic literature notes forensic psychiatrist had offered alternative theory to explain homolka’s behaviour . “williams later reversed his opinion about her and began corresponding with her,” he said . Homolka disparages professionals who examined her . she says she did not care “what conditions I would receive upon release” Upon her release she vigorously fought a string of conditions imposed upon her by a court Homolka had tried to change her name legally to Emily Chiara Tremblay . Quebec Children’s Aid said that despite her past, the new mother would not automatically be scrutinized . Several nurses refused to care “on Friday October 17, 2014, the jury in the first degree murder trial of Luka Magnotta heard that Homolka was living in Quebec. a poll of 9,521 voters concluded that 63.27% believed that the public if successful her criminal record will not be erased but will be covered up in background checks . the Canadian government introduced legislation later in the year to make pardons more difficult to get . a 2000 episode of law & the film was given a limited release in Canada by Christal Films . an episode of Murder Made Me Famous chronicled the case . despite the boycott, Ontario premier dalton McGuinty called for a Toronto: Seal Books. ISBN 0-7704-2962-9. Pron, Nick (2005). Lethal Marriage: The Uncensored Truth Behind the Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. New York: Warner Books. ISBN 0-7704-2936-X. Scott Burnside; Cairns, Alan (1995). Deadly innocence. Carla’s web: a cultural investigation of the Mahaffy-French murders. New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-86153-7. Lethal Marriage (Updated Edition): The Uncensored Truth Behind the Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. ISBN 0-7704-2936-X. Williams, Stephen Joseph (1998). Peter Vronsky: “Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters”, Berkley Books, New York (2007), p. 328,368 ff. Todd, Paula ( And So All Canada Is Talking About It…