[GMMAC]

No, more accurately, the "problem" was that pro-feminist personal agenda driven prosecutors were convinced that, based upon her gender alone, Karla was an additional 'victim' of Bernardo's.

Thus blinded by their own ideology, they cut their now infamous "deal with the devil" plea bargain with her in return for her testimony against him and then proceeded to get a bleeding-hearted Judge to rubber stamp same.

No jury was ever involved.

As a sidelight, Niagara Region 'keystone' cops - who plainly couldn't find their own asses with 2 hands and a flashlight - missed much later revealed graphic video tapes of the crimes while searching these animals' love nest:
footage which apparently clearly showed Karla gleefully and enthusiastically performing oral sex on their victims!!!

Highlighting Canada as a land of total non-accountability, 'Bev' Bevan - the head buffoon on the police "task force" involved - has since been promoted to Chief of Ottawa's Force!

Bernardo eventually received "life" seemingly solely for the additional anti-feminist offense of being 'genitally armed' during commission of his crimes.

[proud American in Canada]

as a sidelight, Niagara Region 'keystone' cops - who plainly couldn't find their own asses with 2 hands and a flashlight - missed much later revealed graphic video tapes of the crimes while searching these animals' love nest

This reminds me a lot of the Boulder police in the Jon Benet Ramsey case (I was living in Denver when that little girl was killed). They had little experience in dealing with murder and bumbled the case so badly that no one will ever pay for her death.