Frankly, Jim, this is a problem with the law that needs to be
changed. There's too much theology and superstition in US
jurisprudence. The idea that any man can kill a young woman,
go to prison for "life," and be released on good behavior
after 7 or so years, puts the lawmakers in league with the
murderers. What does it say to the families of victims? That
the murderer of your relative is more important than his
victims. That he's going to do some valuable thing that makes
his freedom significant to society. That his life is more
important than theose he took. The US judiciary is not
competent to deal with these types of criminals. Citizens
groups of Regulators or Vigilance Committees would best
dispense with these people. I don't suggest vengence. I
suggest practical extermination. Such people are a scourge in
any society in which they manifest. Don't tell me it's not a
deterrent. Ted Bundy hasn't killed anyone in years.
Patrick King
--- JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> Re your comments below:
>
> "Denis Rader, The BTK Killer, is certainly
a
> psychopath, but his psychosis was not the hope
of
> gaining a 14th Century icon and making a
fortune
> selling it on ebay. He enjoys torturing families
and
> killing them all slowly. These were people
he'd
> never
> met before. Being crazy doesn't excuse this; do
you
> think?"
>
> Actually, it does, both legally, and, in
most
> religions, theologically. You have to know
what
> you're doing, and choose to do it, in order to
be
> held
> responsible for it.
>
> The reason Rader's doing time is precisely
because
> he's NOT crazy. He's just evil, and being evil is
a
> conscious choice he made.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
>
>
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