May 2004: Williams wins a grant from Human Rights Watch, an organization that supports victims of political persecution, to help defray his legal costs.
October 2003: Ontario Provincial Police lay 94 new charges against Stephen Williams related to his books Invisible Darkness and Karla: A Pact with the Devil.
May 4, 2003: Author Stephen Williams is arrested and charged with violating a court order barring publication of courtroom exhibits used in the Bernardo and Homolka trials.
February 2003: The English language version of Williams' book, and Karla: A Pact with the Devil, appears on bookstore shelves.
Nov. 13, 2002: A book on Homolka written by Stephen Williams is published in French, containing excerpts from letters between the author and Homolka. Questions arise over whether the book violates a condition of Homolka's plea bargain, which states that she would not "talk directly ... or indirectly to the media for a book ... or live endeavour."
March 2002: The National Parole Board rules that Homolka is still a risk to society and will not be granted early release.
December 2001: The six videotapes depicting the rape and torture of Bernardo and Homolka's victims are destroyed.
March 2001: The National Parole Board denies Homolka's application for early release, saying she is a risk to kill again.
January 2001: Homolka is transferred to a Montreal psychiatric hospital to undergo treatment.
Nov. 30. 2000: Crown prosecutors drop charges against author Stephen Williams. The charges alleged that Williams broke a court order by watching the Bernardo tapes. The Crown said it didn't want to air the tapes again in court, so the judge dismissed the charges.
Oct. 9, 2000: Homolka is transferred to a maximum-security prison in Saskatoon for a psychiatric examination. Homolka's lawyers attempt to block the move, saying her life would be in danger if she were removed from the prison in Joliette.
Sept. 21, 2000: The Supreme Court of Canada denies Bernardo's leave to appeal his murder convictions.
June 2000: Murray is acquitted of charges arising from his failure to turn over the Bernardo tapes.
March 2000: The Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses Bernardo's request for a new trial.
Summer 1997: Homolka is transferred to Joliette Institution in Quebec when the Kingston Prison for Women is closed.
January 1997: Ken Murray is charged with obstruction of justice and possession of child pornography for failing to turn over the Bernardo tapes.
July 1996: A six-month-long inquiry into the police investigation of Bernardo concludes that the investigation was hampered by dozens of mistakes by individual officers and by rivalries between different police departments. The inquiry concludes that some of Bernardo's crimes could have been prevented if Bernardo's DNA samples had been processed more quickly.
April 1996: An Ontario Court judge rules that videotapes showing the rape and torture of Bernardo's victims must be destroyed when they are no longer needed for legal purposes.
November 1995: Bernardo is declared a dangerous offender, meaning he will likely spend the rest of his life in jail.
Sept. 15, 1995: Bernardo is sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for 25 years.
Sept. 1, 1995: Bernardo is found guilty of all nine charges against him, including two counts of first-degree murder for killing French and Mahaffy.
June 29, 1995: Homolka testifies against Bernardo.
May 18, 1995: Bernardo's trial begins.
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