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12-16-2004, 08:01 AM
Homolka still a danger to society, parole board says in annual review
Wed Dec 15,10:34 PM ET
MONTREAL (CP) - Convicted Ontario schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka still poses a real danger to society, the National Parole Board said in its annual review of her case.
The board said that Homolka, who goes by the name Karla Teale, could possibly commit murder if she were released now. It said serious concerns are raised by Homolka's decision to correspond with an offender in another prison.
Homolka, 34, has waived her last chance to fight for early prison release. She has been held at a women's prison in Joliette, Que., and is slated to be released next July.
She recently told the board she does not wish to appear at an annual review of a detention order that keeps her behind bars until her 12-year sentence ends on July 5, 2005.
Homolka received the 12-year sentence on July 5, 1993, after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter for her part in the sex slayings of Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14.
The sentence also reflected Homolka's involvement in the Christmas Eve 1990 drug-rape death of her youngest sister, Tammy, 15, at her family's bungalow in St. Catharines, Ont.
Homolka became a Crown witness and testified against her former husband Paul Bernardo.
Wed Dec 15,10:34 PM ET
MONTREAL (CP) - Convicted Ontario schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka still poses a real danger to society, the National Parole Board said in its annual review of her case.
The board said that Homolka, who goes by the name Karla Teale, could possibly commit murder if she were released now. It said serious concerns are raised by Homolka's decision to correspond with an offender in another prison.
Homolka, 34, has waived her last chance to fight for early prison release. She has been held at a women's prison in Joliette, Que., and is slated to be released next July.
She recently told the board she does not wish to appear at an annual review of a detention order that keeps her behind bars until her 12-year sentence ends on July 5, 2005.
Homolka received the 12-year sentence on July 5, 1993, after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter for her part in the sex slayings of Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14.
The sentence also reflected Homolka's involvement in the Christmas Eve 1990 drug-rape death of her youngest sister, Tammy, 15, at her family's bungalow in St. Catharines, Ont.
Homolka became a Crown witness and testified against her former husband Paul Bernardo.