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Eventually, Karla and Paul were arrested. Karla presented herself as the abused victim, and a plea-bargain was reached in exchange for her testimony against her husband that gave her a twelve-year prison sentence for two counts of manslaughter. After the plea-bargain had been confirmed, and Karla had begun her sentence, the videotapes were discovered, and the full extent of her involvement and participation was revealed; however, the plea-bargain protected Homolka from further prosecution. A court order exhumed her sister Tammy's body and Paul Bernardo was tried and convicted in the girl's murder.
The extent of Homolka's involvement in the murders has been controversial. Some believe that she was simply a victim of Bernardo, while others have noted that Bernardo -- who has also been subsequently convicted in a number of rape cases -- never killed his known victims when Homolka was not directly involved in the abduction. Recent evidence has indicated that perhaps Paul Bernardo had killed at least one victim previous to Homolka's involvement. This remains to be completely determined, but it appears that Robert Baltovich may have been wrongly convicted of the murder of Elizabeth Bain -- a victim that some feel was Paul Bernardo's first.
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