And there is a charge, a very large charge,For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood ...
—Sylvia Plath
I discovered the above diagram in my classroom. It depicts one man’s way of inflicting pain onto himself. Or is it gratification? As if being locked up for raping preadolescent girls wasn’t enough, he needs to practice his sadomasochistic rituals late at night. It’s his way of validating himself, of feeling more alive.
I often wonder whether he thinks about how his victims suffered under his domination? Does it give him pleasure to think about it? I often wonder how his most current defense attorney could win an appeal for him by successfully arguing that the judge showed too much sympathy for the victims, that the judge should not have interjected his feelings while instructing the jury. I often wonder whether his client will get out, like others before him, only to repeat his crime. And if he does, will his defense attorney be able to sleep at night?
I often wonder about another convict whose lawyer (with the help of a well known realtor who purchased the nail from the Uniroyal Tire on I-94 and a popular former Macomb County prosecutor) had bite mark evidence thrown out, which in turn led to his client’s freedom. Did the lawyer know about how his client tried to get the prison dentist to pull his perfectly fine teeth? Did he care? And what about the victim? I’ve heard she has to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of her life. Is he concerned about his former client’s whereabouts now that he’s in the freeworld? Is he concerned that there may be more victims in the near future?
So when is it appropriate to give someone another chance? And which is more costly: keeping someone locked up forever, or risking more victims who will need long-term care?
23 comments:
If you do a crime, you must take your punishment. I don’t no much about prison. But I do no that some people learn from their mistakes. Other.. I don’t think they do.
I think some crime is unforgivable. Like murder and rape. Why appeal? Government must not even consider it.
If a human is capable in raping or murdering - I cant see change.
JR, Interesting way you see things. Put something in a different perspective.
Wow.
Sounds like you may have been a cop at one time.
I have heard cops talk about people
(people?) like this.
Difficult questions. no easy answers.
Difficult questions. no easy answers.
To inflict pain on himself is a way of escape I guess, your body has a natural pain killer that gets released when pain is inflicted....you can get addicted to it, its a high of release.
If you hurt another human(especially kids), you have no, NO reason to live, NO reason to be free. You have proved yourself worse than an animal.
How does the attorney sleep at night, hmmmm.....I think you need to numb yourself in a way. I do not think attorneys with kids will feel comfortable with such cases. But I might be wrong humans can be cruel in different ways.
Hi, thanks for popping in by my blog. had a read through yours, very interesting. You have a few touchy topics.
Hey there.
I have read your profile and I believe that you may possibly have the most interasting job around.
No doubt one of the most scary jobs around but being around people like that must really change ones perspective about the human condition.
I also think you admirable for sticking it out. Not many people believe in giving psyco's an education.
Thanks for coming to see my blog. I have loved reading yours and promis to be back
Man, the picture is creepola! The whole thing is very difficult. I tend to think that if you're messed up, you stay that way. I hold out the possibility of change, but it's a miracle and a hard one. The pulled teeth detail is chilling!
What a question to pose!? As Michelle mentioned - the picture is well creepy. I can't help but believe that when perversions have reached such a deep level and resulted in such horrific actions, there is not turning back.
Yet, what really concerns me is that many really have been born into an economic prison, where anger at being unable to reach media images of success, without having good teachers - has seen them fall into a darkened route.
Some of those who are given care could potentially change - but if rape/physical abusive acts have taken place - it is likely too late.
But these monstrous acts are often elicited by gross inequalities and we tend to gloss over this. They once had the same potentialities as all posters here.
My experience has been that those whose crimes are compulsive, like the rapist, will repeat. They're warped from within and not responsive to therapy. Those whose crimes are opportunistic, like burgalry, have a much better chance to straighten up. I've long felt that violent criminals should be exposed every day to the pictures, letters, reports on the horribe nature of their crime. Perhaps the defense attornies should as well for those criminals they get off through technicalities.
"Make those who should be killed to crawl."
--Bob Dylan
The victim has to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of her life? Is there any punishment severe enough for doing that to another human being? People like that should be kept locked up forever.
This guy is like a creepy Hanibal Lecter. I agree that people who are guilty of crimes of compulsion cannot be rehabilitated.
I believe in fair trial, but I really don't know how some defense lawyers live with themselves when trying to win an appeal for someone that is doomed for hell and everybody knows it.
Your stories are always interesting, I enjoyed catching up a bit here.
I worked for a non profit once where the mission statement was crafter with the words in there that "Everyone had value". I refused to sign the mission statement. I talked about the twenty year old who had raped an eleven year old and then his own mother, and pointed out that this individual would probably never be able to function in society, although he was scheduled for a release at age twenty one.
Some people, in my humble opinion, don't have value, and don't deserve a second chance. I recently watched them releasing that kid who shot the man in Pontiac. He's twenty now. You know the one, JR..the kid who was represented by Feiger. The kid shot a man because he wanted to see what it was like to murder.
Maybe I'm too cold and unforgiving.
"Some of those who are given care could potentially change - but if rape/physical abusive acts have taken place - it is likely too late." -- Danny. This sounds right.
The guys you wrote creeepd me out, as was intended I'm guessing. Yeah, there's a violence theshold, and once that's crossed, keep them locked up.
p.s. The guys you wrote about creeped me out, as was intended I'm guessing. (typos!)
He should have been kept locked up.
Justice was blind in this case. The victim being the only one that is still suffering. Nice post. Like the comments. MW
I know that with me - it's easy to remain the idealist because I've never been touched by any of it... but if I was to be directly involved in such a situation - like if somebody I knew or loved was the victim - I'm pretty sure my idealism would melt away.
It's interesting comparing this post to your previous one. Yesterday I found myself thinking about how prisoners are human too, and deserve as much sympathy as the rest of us because they'll miss out on so much of life being in prison.
And today, you made me think about how it could be much better in the long run to lock the person up when you have the chance so that they don't cause more damage in the end.
It's difficult either way you look at it.
Jim, Some of these prisoners after having committed the worst crimes should be locked up forever! The dude that just turned 21 and got out never apologized to the victims family. Lock him up a little longer. --Bro, Ron
the only thing wrong with the device is it has enough voltage (120) but it needs an amperage boost to increae the wattage output to cause death instead of pain but our state not alowing the death penalty could at least provide a self installed device that has a higher amperage rating that would increase wattage to 1000+ giving the user a ride on a lightening bolt which seems like he would then have the desired pleasur/pain.
self fulfillment in prison for the convict must be a hard thing to find.
TWM
AMEN BROTHER!!!
I think the attorneys sleep at night because they don't think about the people, they think about the law. Our system works as well as it does, and it is certainly still flawed, because we have the appeal process; think about all of the people who have been on death row and have later been found innocent. I understand gut-reaction when faced with a horrible crime, but I also think that it is better to allow a guilty man to go free than to imprison an innocent one.
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