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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Brilliant police work
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 00:08:58 -0000 (UTC)
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The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>On Fri, 10 May 2024 14:13:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
><ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>>>The officer told this story after he retired from the Ontario
>>>Provincial Police saying that if his sergeant had let him search they
>>>would have found the tape and avoided the plea bargain with Homulka.
>>
>>Wow
>>
>>Lemme guess: The sergeant got further promotions.
>>
>>>Bernardo remains in jail serving his life sentence - and the case was
>>>shocking enough that this will surely be a life sentence that will
>>>never result in parole - and the officer was convinced that minus the
>>>plea bargain Homulka would have gotten the same sentence.
>>
>>Yeah. She was equally guilty of most of the same crimes.
>>
>>>I'm pretty sure Rhino will agree this particular case was THE most
>>>shocking case of the late 80s/early 90s in Canada.
>>
>>>Moral: cops aren't infallible and even if they get the search
>>>legalities right, that doesn't mean they're going to find the goods -
>>>sometimes with spectacular consequences.
>>
>>If you don't look, it's hard to find stuff in a search.
>
>Definitely on the last point!
>
>Can I safely assume you would agree with me that this 1994-95 case was
>one of the most spectacular Canadian cases in the past 50 years?
>(Along with the 2008 trial of Willie Pickton?)
>
>And that they're two of the most notorious murder cases in Canadian
>history?

I know only what you and Rhino tell me. I'll trust what you remember.