Canada has been home to its fair share of notorious murders, two of them being Clifford Robert Olson Jr. and Marc Lépine. Although both killed many people, their methods of committing crime were quite different. Clifford Olson was a serial killer who killed mainly children and young people in the early 1980's. Olson also participated in many other crimes over his lifetime including such activities such as B&E's, robberies and sexual assault. When Olson was first arrested, it was not upon the charge of murder, but for impaired driving. This eventually led to his arrest, but only after Olson tried to negotiate a deal with the police.Olson put forward an offer to the police, 100,000$ for him and he will locate the bodies of the 11 girls for the police. The police didn't have solid evidence that Clifford was responsible, Clifford was thought to just have information on who killed the girls, Clifford was let off and got a 30,000$ per month salary to help the police find the murderer. Olson did eventually serve jail time in a high security type prison for his crimes.
Unlike the serial murderer ways of Clifford Olson, Marc Lépine was a mass murder. Marc Lépine killed several women in a Montreal university claiming he was "fighting feminists," Lépine shot several women at the school, stating that women had taken over mans jobs and all women were feminists. Marc Lépine had a very controlling personality which was very evident after this event. He also grew up with very little friends and the occasional time he had a girlfriend, he wanted the women to obey him and always wanted to be in control.
Both of these killers were especially horrible in their doings, but they were not alone in their actions. Many people commit both serial and mass murders all over the world, and although we may be able to find out why they do the things they do, we still are left in the dark on how to try and put a stop to some of the violent crimes and murders that go on around us all the time.
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