Clifford Olson Victims
Canadian serial killer Clifford Olson murdered 11 children in British Columbia. He received a controversial $100,000 payment in exchange for revealing the location of victims' bodies.
Clifford Olson murdered 11 children and youth between the ages of 9 and 18 in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia between November 1980 and July 1981.
After his arrest, Olson struck a controversial deal with the RCMP: he would reveal the locations of victims' remains in exchange for $100,000 to be placed in a trust fund for his wife and son. The deal outraged Canadians.
Olson was convicted of 11 counts of first-degree murder in January 1982 and sentenced to life. He applied for parole multiple times, each application generating public outrage.
Olson died of cancer in prison on September 30, 2011. His case led to changes in Canadian law regarding faint-hope clauses and how serial killers are managed within the corrections system.
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