Posted on 12/05/2010 9:43:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
I agree with Bart, he should be able to kill the murdering a**hat in any way he thinks is appropriate. The more painful, the better.
O M G, how horrific.
That poor child, that poor family. I can’t imagine the pain they’ve had all these years.
I hope one day they find peace.
I don’t know what else to say. It’s so sad.
I once wrote a little to the Arizona Republic (that is still in the archives,of course) that stated while the convicted gets appeal upon appeal, what second chance does the person murdered get?
I speak from experience, since my dad's name is known by many first year law students. Because of what a wonderful person he was? No. Because his murderer took his case to the USSC. Who wants that legacy?
I know exactly how you feel. The girl that was murdered in the movie Dead Man Walking was my neighbor and my friend yet her name is never remembered. No one knows what a funny sweet girl she was and her boyfriend too.
Her killers got their names in lights. Got a movie and everything.
Makes me sick.
All these years and it still makes me angry.
The death penalty does not work. Its not justice when a killer gets to use every legal tool at his disposal to thwart it. The families of murder victims deserve closure.
If there is no death penalty, will they start ending life sentences. In some countries, the maximum sentence for any crime is ten years. That will happen here soon.
These are the stories that show evil working it’s way through this world. Despicable how these demons are given star status.
in 1979 my cousin’s 8 year old daughter was abducted, raped and murdered by a 25 year old mechanic.
He was caught within a week, confessed his crime and announced that he enjoyed it so much that he would do it again if ever given the chance.
This creep was tried, convicted and sentenced to death in Tennessee. It took 25 years of appeals, postponements and stays of execution before he was finally put down. For my cousin, Charlotte, it was as if the state was punishing her for the entire 25 years.
Victim's families are given a life sentence of pain. THE PAIN FOR THE VICTIM'S FAMILY NEVER GOES AWAY. My Jeremy has been gone 21 years now and the pain is always in my heart.
Long ago, I wanted to write a book about high profile (national or local) murder cases. The cases would get a couple of paragraphs overview and the stories would be about who the victims really wore. I just never knew how to go about writing such a thing.
It’s so sad. No one knows about the victims, only how they were murdered. It’s so unfair, it breaks my heart.
If you do one day write that book, I will buy it. Count on that.
Yes it is. To me, it makes the hurt so much deeper.
We are a strange society. One I sometimes don’t understand.
The only problem is I wouldn’t know where to start on the interview process. How to contact other families without seeming like one of the vulture media.
You call them up and ask. You know how to talk to them. You’re one of them.
You’d be surprised how many people want their stories told.
I think it’s a wonderful idea. Handled with love, most families would not have a problem with what you want to write.
You’ll never know until you try. Give it some thought.
I am considering it. I would definitely like to write something on your friend, as well, if I did this and could make a contact. It was really the where to start aspect. Do I query a publisher? Do I pick certain cases, etc.? A lot of questions, but maybe it would help my own grief a bit. This year has been harder than most. I keep telling myself it’s been 16 years. It shouldn’t feel worse than when it happened.
The first thing I’d like an author to do is disabuse folks of this concept of “closure.” There’s no such thing, IMHO.
As I read your statement, I also thought how that part of my life has been stolen and stomped on, for good measure.
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