Lethal Marriage (Updated Edition) The Uncensored Truth Behind the Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

One Of Canada’s Finest Crime Reporters Tells The Whole Story Of The Infamous Bernardo-homolka Case. Now Updated With A New Chapter The Sensational Trials Of Paul Bernardo And Karla Homolka For Abduction, Rape, Manslaughter And Murder Caused Widespread Controversy That Continues To This Day. The Public Was Particularly Outraged By The So-called “sweetheart Deal” — The Twelve-year Sentence Homolka Received As Part Of An Agreement With Government Lawyers. Journalist Nick Pron Gives Us A Comprehensive Account Of Previously Banned Information About Bernardo And Homolka; About Homolka’s Role In The Death Of Her Sister Tammy; Of Slip-shod Police Work And Lack Of Communication That Allowed Bernardo And Homolka The Opportunity To Murder Schoolgirls Kristen French And Leslie Mahaffy; Of The Host Of Disturbing Facts That Were Ruled Inadmissable At The Trial. A New Chapter Details The Most Recent, Shocking Facts Of Homolka’s Life In Prison, Including Her Alleged “special Treatment,” Such As Private Access To The Prison’s Beauty Salon And Gym, And Rumoured Liaisons In Kingston’s Prison For Women. Also Detailed Are Her Startling Plans For The Future. As Karla Homolka’s Release Date Nears, Many Will Reflect On Her Place In History, And On The Canadian Legal System. One of Canada's finest crime reporters tells the whole story of the infamous Bernardo-Homolka case. The sensational trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka for abduction, rape, manslaughter and murder caused widespread controversy that continues to this day. The public was particularly outraged by the so-called "sweetheart deal"--The twelve-year sentence Homolka received as part of an agreement with government lawyers. Journalist Nick Pron gives us a comprehensive account of previously banned information about Bernardo and Homolka; about Homolka's role in the death of her sister Tammy; of slip-shod police work and lack of communication that allowed Bernardo and Homolka the opportunity to murder schoolgirls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy; of the host of disturbing facts that were ruled inadmissable at the trial. A new chapter details the most recent, shocking facts of Homolka's life in prison, including her alleged "special treatment," such as private access to the prison's beauty salon and gym, and rumoured liaisons in Kingston's Prison for Women. Also detailed are her startling plans for the future. As Karla Homolka's release date nears, many will reflect on her place in history, and on the Canadian legal system. From the Paperback edition What the press couldn't reveal—the full story of the monstrous sex slayings that shocked a nation...WARNING: This book contains graphic descriptions of violence.Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo might look like the ideal couple, but they were a nation's most despicable killers. Karla began their depraved sex and murder spree by stealing drugs to knock out her little sister. While Paul raped and sodomized the unconscious girl, Karla dutifully caught it all on videotape. Unbelievably, the worst was yet to come. In a brazen daylight kidnapping, Karla lured schoolgirl Kristen French to their car and helped Paul force the struggling, screaming teenager inside. Then, just as she had with fourteen-year-old Leslie Mahaffy, Karla videotaped Paul's repeated beatings and rape of his sex slave, violated the terrified girl herself, then simply watched as Paul choked the life out of his victim.The entire nation was horrified by these crimes in what became the costliest and, by far, most controversial manhunt and most sensational trial in Canada's history. Now the full shocking story—considered too grisly for newspaper and television coverage at the time—can finally be told....