who is the murderer that you sympathize with the most? (serial killers, criminal)
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I saw a story on 60 Minutes many years ago about a 16 year old boy that killed his Father. His Father was a cop who had been horribly abusive to his family for years, The kid shot and killed him, and got a life sentence. The Judge should be the one doing time instead of the young man. I don't remember his name, but it happened in Wyoming.
I saw a story on 60 Minutes many years ago about a 16 year old boy that killed his Father. His Father was a cop who had been horribly abusive to his family for years, The kid shot and killed him, and got a life sentence. The Judge should be the one doing time instead of the young man. I don't remember his name, but it happened in Wyoming.
It is hard to judge what happened and the reason he killed his father because it is too simplistic an evaluation of events. If one went deeper into the killing it would take a whole chapter of a book to explain what happened and then a person would never understand the deeper feelings that the people in the situation felt.
I saw a story on 60 Minutes many years ago about a 16 year old boy that killed his Father. His Father was a cop who had been horribly abusive to his family for years, The kid shot and killed him, and got a life sentence. The Judge should be the one doing time instead of the young man. I don't remember his name, but it happened in Wyoming.
Was it Richie Gonzales? His stepfather was an IRS agent and he was a complete bully to everyone in his family.
I am prepared to be pelted with eggs, but the muderer I feel the sorriest for is Andrea Yates. I believe she was psychotic at the time she murdered her children. Regaining her sanity only means she has to live with and face the horrors of her children's deaths.
I am prepared to be pelted with eggs, but the muderer I feel the sorriest for is Andrea Yates. I believe she was psychotic at the time she murdered her children. Regaining her sanity only means she has to live with and face the horrors of her children's deaths.
I absolutely agree with you. Andrea was an extremely sick woman and out of her mind when she killed her children. I have a book on the case and it's really disturbing that she was left alone with the kids in the first place. Rusty Yates loved his wife and children but he failed them. I don't believe that Andrea would have ever have hurt her children if she weren't mentally ill and I feel bad that she wasn't given the proper treatment for her illness. She's not an evil person but a sick person who needed help. It's such a sad case.
I'd like to add Aileen Wuornos to the list. I'm not excusing what she did but she's another woman that was mentally ill and she also had a tragic childhood. If anyone has seen the documentary Aileen you understand how awful her early life was and can see how she ended up hating men the way she did. What she did isn't right or excusable but I do feel sympathy for her.
Yes, I agree with you. I can empathize with Francine Hughes..She also went on to get her LPN license and re-marry after all the legal issues/trial was behind her.. However, from things I've read, her life has not been easy since that incident, mainly concerning her children/ child-rearing after the trial. All the abuse that was suffered and witnessed as well as the "burning bed" and the trial has left its mark on all of them.
So sorry Francine could not get the assistance she sought from family and other agencies before the "bed burned" but I do empathize with her...I do believe she would have ended up in her grave due to the abuse if things had continued the way it was going.
I saw a story on 60 Minutes many years ago about a 16 year old boy that killed his Father. His Father was a cop who had been horribly abusive to his family for years, The kid shot and killed him, and got a life sentence. The Judge should be the one doing time instead of the young man. I don't remember his name, but it happened in Wyoming.
YES! I felt and feel sorry for that kid also. And, unfortunately, I can't think of his name either.
Basically, I feel sorry for any kid who has put up with relentless abuse for years and then snaps and kills their abuser.
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