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How child molesters are made
What makes a child molester, like Christopher Robin Karasek? Surprisingly, it isn't a history of childhood sexual abuse. A report prepared by researchers working for Canada's public safety department found that past abuse doesn't doom a person to bec...
Is Josef Fritzl getting a fair trial?
Josef Fritzl (above), the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a basement dungeon, where he purportedly raped her hundreds of times and impregnated her, isn't getting a fair trial. At least, we don't really know if he's getting a fair ...
John Waudby Egan: 'Runaway train' stopped by court
Sometimes a Canadian court gets it just right, wielding with precision a liberty-crushing cudgel. Often vilified by citizens outraged over apparent leniency for criminals, the court deserves credit when it makes a difficult decision that may put a v...
A predator on the loose
Cancrime first introduced pedophile Walter Jacobson (inset) in December 2008 [first post]. Below you'll find a decade of decisions by parole authorities who struggled to control this persistent child predator when the courts failed to brand him a dan...
EXCLUSIVE: Canada's worst rapist won't go free
Canada's worst serial rapist, a 'vile' predator who police believe has assaulted hundreds of women, is not getting out of prison early. The National Parole Board ordered Selva Kumar Subbiah (inset) d...
Police sell a crackdown with creative packaging
Police wage a constant public relations battle, in part, to convince citizens, politicians and bad guys that they're winning the war on crime, even when they know, in their hearts, that they're lagga...
A statute of limitations for 93-year-old molester
Philippe Hamelin outlived society's right to punish him. He sexually abused two daughters for roughly a decade, beginning when the girls were five years old, but he's not going to prison for those crimes.A Quebec judge sentenced the 93-year-old Montr...
Saul Betesh's child killer whine
We have an obligation in law to keep people, however odious their crime and their background, alive because there is no other alternative. The life sentence of the court is not a sentence of executio...
A pedophile's pedigree
Here's a rare glimpse into a confidential criminal record of a frightening pedophile, Walter Jacobson (pictured). He has been relentless throughout his criminal career in hunting victims and he is persistent; preying on young girls for decades, unlik...
