I was little when this happened. 7 years old, but I remember.... I don't know what to think of her. Sad, but how could I be?
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It was 40 years ago and I’ve forgotten it or driven it from my mind. It was some cosmic or cartoony type of thing if I recall. The one thing that I remember from her that sticks in my mind was her telling me that Charlie has lots of kids running around.Thats wild^^ Do you know her name?
Oh my , that's quite frightening as well.It was 40 years ago and I’ve forgotten it or driven it from my mine. It was some cosmic or cartoony type of thing if I recall. The one thing that I remember from her that sticks in my mind was her telling me that Charlie has lots of kids running around.
We let other murderers out in much less time, why keep them for so long? Is it the celebrity of it?
I think some crimes gain notoriety such that popular sentiment dictates things about them which it doesn't in the cases of other crimes, and consequently that the release of certain prisoners is far more unlikely despite everything else about those cases being the same as others. Society learns to forgive at speeds unfortunately varied by political correctness.I am conflicted on her and Vanhoutten. Part of me says, you did the crime and you are where you are supposed to be. But in viewing many video interviews of the two of them over the years, I do believe they are different people and I want to let them out. We let other murderers out in much less time, why keep them for so long? Is it the celebrity of it?
...indeed, being "down" that long-you'll never re-adjust to "the street"....After 45 years, I would think she is so institutionalized she wouldn't be able to cope outside. I've seen it first hand with someone who was hospitalized for a much shorter time. When he was released, without the strict structure he was lost. He paced all night long. He felt unsafe without the nurses all around (not due to health, he didn't need a nurse, he needed the sound of people walking and working).
I think the main objection people have with the death penalty is the idea that it's not justice but murder; an idea which of course is arguably a matter of opinion. I think the next objection is that sometimes innocent people are nonetheless convicted, and so their execution is the highest form of injustice.Stories like this make me wonder why so many people are against the death penalty. If you gave me the choice of spending the next 50 years in the same damn building, or taking a needle and rolling the dice on what's next, it wouldn't take me very long to make a decision. At least in death your going on to something else. I did 3 weeks in county jail and wanted to hang myself from the boredom. I can't even imagine half a century.
If you ask me, this woman right here got the maximum sentence. Death would have been mercy.
Stories like this make me wonder why so many people are against the death penalty. If you gave me the choice of spending the next 50 years in the same damn building, or taking a needle and rolling the dice on what's next, it wouldn't take me very long to make a decision. At least in death your going on to something else. I did 3 weeks in county jail and wanted to hang myself from the boredom. I can't even imagine half a century.
If you ask me, this woman right here got the maximum sentence. Death would have been mercy.
She was on death row at first. I guess she didn't want to die and fought it. As do most people that find themselves there.
It's always easier to say you would prefer death! but when actually faced with it, people fight for survival. Although, when you've done whatever you've done to get the death penalty maybe you know where you're going and want the time to repent.
Some people are actually suicidal. The vast majority of people in all circumstances will do whatever possible, no matter how desperate, to continue living.Not everybody fights it, Gary Gilmore went to court and fought for his right to be executed when they tried to commute his sentence to life. It's all hypothetical anyway, I'll never be in the position.