I ask this question b/c Karla Homolka is going to be released very soon after serving a 12 year sentence for the manslaughter deaths of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy..she's having a hearing today on whether her movments should be restricted..
"Homolka is expected to call at least two witnesses in her defence, including Dr. Louis Morissette, a Montreal psychiatrist, who has said he believes the convicted killer is at low risk to kill again.
It is unclear when Judge Jean Beaulieu will issue his decision.
The topic of Homolka's new love interest is also expected to come up at today's hearing. The Toronto Sun reports that Homolka is still romantically involved with a convicted killer, Jean-Paul Gerbet, whom she met in a prison library.
Gerbet is serving a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend when she tried to leave him. He could get out on parole in 2008.
Tim Danson, the Toronto lawyer who represents the French and Mahaffy families, says the romance is one of the factors that is behind the 810 application.
"She is attracted like a magnet to people like this is the point we're trying to make,'' he told the Sun.
A number of violent offenders, including convicted pedophile Wray Budreo and sex offender Martin Ferrier, have been the subjects of Sec. 810 orders.
But any order against Homolka could only stand for 12 months, giving rise to questions about whether the courts would try to continue renewing the orders.
Williams doesn't believe the restrictions would affect Homolka much.
"In the 12 months, if she's under these minor restrictions, she will adhere to it because that's the kind of person she is. And then in 12 months, she will disappear"
WTF??? I don't get it...12 years for 2 horrendous murders and she walks away just like that??? I don't think so..
This case hits very close to home as I grew up in St.Catharines where the murders took place and I knew Kristen French and the Homolka's..not going to get into this one too much..
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