Colin wrote:
> I don't agree. Sexual abuse is barbaric and leaves horiffic and permanent
scars.
> People who commit such acts, if convicted, should never be allowed the
> opportunity to do so again. I am not of the school that thinks prison
should be a
> place of abuse and ill treatment, tho i know it is. That doesn't solve
anything
> and makes the gaolers inhuman. However, such as it is, life without parole
for
> such people is better than just one more abusee whose soul and mind are
affected
> for the worse the whole of their lives. No one, but no one has the
knowledge to
> judge that these people will not abuse again. Tima and time again that has
been
> proved beyond doubt. they get let out and do do it again and again.
The telling point for me is something John Douglas (ex-FBI profiler, and
responsible for apprehending hundred's of criminals) said in his book in an
interview with Ed Kemper (who murdered his grandparents as a child, then
went on to be one of the more "notorious" serial rapists/killers, including
his own mother, who he beheaded). Ed actually said that he should never be
let out of prison, because he knows he would re-offend. Being in prison may
not be ideal, but he knows that being there is safer for society because the
opportunity to rape and murder women is not available to him. He is an
intelligent man, despite his crimes, and has enough self-awareness to
realise that it's his only option.
Another horrifying case I heard of concerns another serial killer/rapist,
this time of children. Apparently he saw himself on "America's Most
Wanted", and raced out and raped and killed another child, since he knew
that he would soon be caught. Personally, I see absolutely no reason why
this monster (my word) should not be removed from society for all time.
Other violent offenders like this have admitted that they get as much
"pleasure" out of re-living the crime in their heads, and John Douglas has
said that a lot of them were only too happy to be interviewed, because they
would be able to discuss their crimes in detail once more, and he said it
was obvious it was the only reason they agreed to talk to him.
Another point he makes is that most of these people are of a high
intelligence, and given the opportunity for parole, will know exactly what
to tell the parole board and the psychologists assigned to them, in order to
make them think they are "reformed". It is in their interests to appear to
be rehabilitated - for most of them, killing etc. is not something they can
control, and given the opportunity will waste no time in finding another
victim.
I'm sorry, but in my view, a life sentence should be just that - a LIFE
sentence. Hardly a tiny percentage of the pain and suffering these people
cause their victims.
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