Baraka_Guru

I know what you are getting at. No one was happy to see Homolka walk free, but the difference is that she was sentenced to 12 years. She wasn't paroled, she was released.

I just read the news this morning. Pickton was convicted for 6 counts of second-degree murder. Murder of the second-degree is what gets him a parole hearing in 10 years, but the multiplicity of the murders, and the idea that he's killed up to 20 other women, would suggest that he'll never be deemed safe for parole.

Again, I'm talking about the likelihood; this is, of course, no guarantee. But I can't even imagine the public outrage if they would let him out. The parole hearing will be a formality.

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