All together now: But she'll never be truly free...

Convicted killer Karla Homolka won in court today: the 14 rules imposed after her release from jail (after serving her full 12-year term) have been lifted. "Justice James Brunton overturned those restrictions, meaning Homolka will no longer be prohibited from associating with criminals, working in a place where she would be in a position of authority over anyone under age 16, possessing a controlled substance and contacting her former husband, convicted killer Paul Bernardo.

"She is also permitted to contact the families of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, the two Ontario teenagers she and Bernardo were convicted of kidnapping, torturing and killing in the early 1990s." This one is particularly weird. I mean, she'd only be contacting these people if she's a complete lunatic -- or desperate for forgiveness. Time will tell....

"The ruling means Homolka does not have to tell police where she lives or works, or notify them if she plans to move."

How obsessed are Quebeckers with Karla Homolka? The Montreal-based Editions Voix Paralleles published the Lynda Verronneau tell-all, "Dans L'Ombre de Karla," about two weeks ago (the background's here). The publisher's flack says it's too darned soon to know what sales figures are (and, in the nicest way possible, tells me she wouldn't give me the stats, anyway).

She does say that more than 10,000 copies were printed, though. I'm betting those sales numbers are pretty darned low, even with Xmas on the way.