The bus cannibal was found not guilty by reason of insanity, treated and released without conditions, supposedly cured of his schizophrenia. I am in no position to judge but of course it seems very dubious a full recovery would be possible or that anyone could really guarantee no further incidents.
As it turned out, he had two victims, the bus passenger he killed, and a first responding police officer who had to witness the aftermath of the events, and later committed suicide.
Pickton is very high profile in BC and it would be a huge election issue if he actually got parole. I don’t think it’s going to happen. Paul Bernardo (another notorious Canadian killer) regularly petitions for parole too and is not allowed out. As a general rule serial killers never get parole, it’s an unwritten rule but can anyone think of an exception?
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Karla Holmolka was paroled years ago. Tapes found after the trial showed that she was just as involved as Bernardo in the murders, but that was ignored at her parole hearing.
She moved to West Island Montreal Notre Dame de Grace, possibly the most Woke enclave in the Western world - and that's saying something.
More recently, she is living in the South Shore community Chateauguay with her second husband.
Actually, looks like she server her full sentence, which wa sshort because the tapes were not used at the trial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Homolka