Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Brilliant police work Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 00:08:58 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <20240509184606.00007f0c@example.com> <3tir3jphlts2oc6emi5g6sv5k070kogb99@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 02:08:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d97411598a5aa798e1e0116e6ca6714a"; logging-data="1731460"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19pktmv9w499od7VMmhfE4mbbcUq0lAD3g=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:5d/0Z/30906l6W+W8+7Kw6w2cco= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2510 The Horny Goat wrote: >On Fri, 10 May 2024 14:13:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" > 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.