Karla Homolka a Mom…So What!?!

Latest and greatest out of Montreal is that Karla may now be a mom, and the media is having a field day. There are questions out there that suggest that she shouldn’t even consider being a parent, due to her past with Paul Bernardo. But, with her debt paid to society, what gives everyone the right to criticize her life after prison? I have said this before…the Crown messed this case up in the beginning, by only giving her 12 years for her crimes. Sure, I think she should have been locked up forever, but, with all the changes and leniency within our justice system, anyone can get a deal, and basically do little time, and get on with their lives.
I resent the fact that the media is consistently chasing her whereabouts and actions, when they should be focusing on pressing getting to the bottom of the real issues, which is the state of disrepair of our legal system. Our legal system made the mess in the first place, so we all have to live with the result. I’m not impressed with her being free to begin with, but I certainly don’t have a right to condemn her living her life as a free woman, fully paid in the eyes of the law. Everyone who criticizes Homolka being a parent after what she did, should also line up and permanently take the driver’s license away from anyone ever convicted of vehicular manslaughter, that has done their time. At the same time, let’s ban bank robbers from using ATMs because of their past too. While we are at it, let’s cut off the left hand of anyone that ever lifted a candy bar from a corner store, and not allow them to go into stores anymore.

Get off it already…the real criminals in this case was the government for letting the people down in the first place with only giving her 12 years. Media should be putting pressure on the government to make the criminal code mean something, and give judicial substance to law enforcement to do their job to keep the streets safe for the rest of us. At the very least, sentences should be mandated for certain crimes, and be non-negotiable. The harsher the sentence, the more of a deterrent they will be. Only then can we actually back off and consider “time served” as enough of a payback to society, and let them get on with their lives. Maybe then, after someone is released, we can sit back and have faith that “justice has been served”.