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georged

Lifer
Mar 7, 2013
6,125
16,817
This sort of thing has been happening since humans first walked upright, of course.

The mass killing of female students in their apartment even has a precedent. (The total was EIGHT, though, and they were kept in a locked room and brought out and killed one at a time.)


Upon reading Speck's criminal history the only amazing part is that he was allowed to remain in society long enough to commit mass murder. Something like it was inevitable.

Regarding giving such creatures endless chances to "reform themselves", "see the light", and so forth, I have only this to say to such believers in Human Goodness:

You agree to let me use a magic wand that guarantees you and/or your family & loved ones are the victim of any crimes that this person might commit after being released back into society.

No negotiating or re-wind button after the fact no matter how serious, gruesome, or horrible those crimes might be, either. No time machine. The magic wand will merely shift reality a nudge so that YOU become the victim. Everything else proceeds normally.

Do we have a deal?

Because if you say no, you aren't empathic, kind-spirited, and forgiving at all... you just like the self-satisfied high you get from imagining that you are. You like it so much, in fact, that you are willing to inflict catastrophic hell on someone else in order to feel it.
 

OverMountain

Lifer
Dec 5, 2021
1,409
5,043
NOVA
Due to the countermeasures he was reportedly using in PA, such as taking his trash to a neighbors cans and cleaning his car, I’m sure he knew the noose was tightening.

I think his quip about “did you arrest anyone else” was pre-meditated to try and confuse the cops/diffuse his responsibility.

Based on the affidavit, if the evidence holds up, I think his goose is cooked.
 

Briar Tuck

Lifer
Nov 29, 2022
1,109
5,744
Oregon coast
I think his quip about “did you arrest anyone else” was pre-meditated to try and confuse the cops/diffuse his responsibility.

Based on the affidavit, if the evidence holds up, I think his goose is cooked.
Possibly, but he won't be successful unless he actually names another perpetrator. It appears that they already have the goods on him, so he's on the hook regardless. Any attempt to diminish his role will require a real person who was also involved.
 
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Briar Lee

Lifer
Sep 4, 2021
4,998
14,455
Humansville Missouri
Possibly, but he won't be successful unless he actually names another perpetrator. It appears that they already have the goods on him, so he's on the hook regardless. Any attempt to diminish his role will require a real person who was also involved.

A completely fascinating historical case of where there was no doubt the defendant had part of the ransom money and the ladder used matched to his garage, how Bruno Hauptmann could have acted alone is still debated.


My own thoughts on the Lindbergh kidnapping is Hauptmann planned and carried out the whole thing, alone.

But it’s stretching the evidence thin.

Boogeymen don’t usually come in pairs.
 
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