The families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — teenagers who were tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo in the 1990s — pleaded with the parole board this morning to keep Bernardo locked away."I remain hopeful that you understand the sadistic,

Family members of two teenage girls who were tortured and murdered by Paul Bernardo are asking the Parole Board of Canada to keep the notorious killer behind bars in their emotional victim impact statements.

He also admitted to crimes he was not convicted of and conceded he sexually assaulted about 20 girls and women between the ages of 14 and 23, between 1987 and 1992, and that he sexually assaulted and caused the death of his former wife Karla Homolka’s sister,

The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — says the justice system has let them down again by denying the victims' mothers the opportunity to deliver their victim statements in person at Paul Bernardo's upcoming parole hearing.

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Paul Bernardo, serving a life sentence for the murders of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, faced a parole hearing on Tuesday. The Parole Board of Canada is reviewing his case again, despite previous denials of parole in 2018 and 2021,

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is questioning the Parole Board of Canada's rationale for preventing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — who were tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo — from addressing their daughters' murderer in person next week.