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I can't say it'd be different over here, though there's a high probability she'd end killed in prison.

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Originally posted by Dude
Less likely that you get shived in the kidney if your a female pedophile in jail, I guess.

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Originally posted by AKM

For those of you not familiar with Karla Homolka. In 1993, Ontario, Canada, Homolka was senetenced to 12 years in prison. 10 years for manslaughter plus 2 years for the participation of the drugging and rape of her younger sister by then fiancee Paul Bernardo. The manslaughter charge was a deal with the Crown attourney in return for testimony against then husband Paul Bernardo in regard to the rape, torture and murder of Kristen French 15 yrs, and Leslie Mahaffy 14 yrs. Six video tapes depicting these abhorrent and heinous crimes were not handed over by Bernardo's lawyer to the court until 16 months after their discovery. Had those tapes been handed over in a timely fashion, Homolka would have had no leverage whatsoever to make a deal.
In these tapes, Homolka is shown to be a willing participant, and were it not for her plea bargain, she would have surely been convicted of first degree murder as well, based on the evidence presented in those tapes.
Well now she's out as of yesterday, July 4th. Prior to her release, she and her lawyers sought an injunction to stop the press from reporting her whereabouts after release. She is afraid she may suffer reprisals for her crimes from some individuals. They lost the request for injunction, yet the first thing she does is run to a french language TV station to give an interview. While incarcerated, she is reported to have refused therapy in regard to sexual deviance. She is also reported to have struck up a relationship with a convicted murderer while in prison, inluding exchanging undergarments, and some kind of liason in the prison library.

She has conditions that she must abide by, as in:
1-No contact with the family of the victims.
2-No contact with Bernardo
3-She must advise the authorities 96 hours prior to leaving town.
4-No contact with children under the age of 16 yrs.
5-She cannot profit from this.

Personally, at the very least I think she should be facing new charges in regard to a series of rapes perpetrated by Bernardo and Homolka to a Jane Doe around the time of the murders that took place. I also think her "deal" should have been revoked once the tapes were produced, reason being she had knowledge of these tapes and should have mentioned them to council. But she didn't as I think they revealed her true nature in this respect.
If someone should decide to mete out some real justice, I would not lose a second of sleep, not for this monster.
I was also wondering what some of you think would have happened in this case were it to happen in your area? How would this have been handled in other countries, States, etc.?
If you are familiar with the case, what is your take on it, and what are your thoughts?
AFAIC, the Canadian justice system failed miserably, it makes me ashamed and bitterly angry when I think about it, and that it could happen again.
For the long story of this, you can check:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/bernardo/index_1.html?sect=5

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/law/Courses/McGillivray/Karla_Homolka.html

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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse

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Originally posted by Dude
Less likely that you get shived in the kidney if your a female pedophile in jail, I guess.

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That I find very surprising, given a mother's supposed instinct of protecting children. But then perhaps that is a myth.

Another thing about the system that strikes me as illogical, and this is from media experience only: If you're accused for a crime, you'll likely to get a milder sentence if you confess to the crime, compared to if you maintain your innocence.
Is that so in the real world, or just TV and movies?

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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse

Another thing about the system that strikes me as illogical, and this is from media experience only: If you're accused for a crime, you'll likely to get a milder sentence if you confess to the crime, compared to if you maintain your innocence.
Is that so in the real world, or just TV and movies?

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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Another thing about the system that strikes me as illogical, and this is from media experience only: If you're accused for a crime, you'll likely to get a milder sentence if you confess to the crime, compared to if you maintain your innocence.
Is that so in the real world, or just TV and movies?

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Originally posted by filthy
I'm not sure of the legal nit-picking, but I think that sitting on those tapes would have gotten the lawyer disbarred here in the states, if not charged with obstruction of justice. It is certainly a breach of an officer of the court's ethics.

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Originally posted by Dude
Women are an extremely low percentage of violent crime inmates in the US though. Less likely that you get shived in the kidney if your a female pedophile in jail, I guess.

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Originally posted by AKM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there usually is a bias in regard to male and female pedophiles, especially if the victim is male with a female adult offender. There are of course examples of adult females being convicted, no doubt. But I think that even in prison, female pedophiles are not looked on as severely as males because of this bias.

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I can't say it'd be different over here, though there's a high probability she'd end killed in prison.

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For men in the US, that risk is high as well.

Women are an extremely low percentage of violent crime inmates in the US though. Less likely that you get shived in the kidney if your a female pedophile in jail, I guess.

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