gitana1
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For the most part I agree. 99% of the time, life in prison is worse then death. Most of these type of people have nothing to live for anyway. Many of them want to die. Thats why many of them try to get killed in a shootout with the police, rather then be apprehended.
Castro's live is already over. His own family considers him to be already dead. Executing him would accomplish nothing.
Well, when people are sentenced to death they have to sit there for decades. And death row is far worse than regular prison. In regular prison, there is the chance to get an education, work, socialize with other inmates, etc. Not so on death row. They are basically confined 23 out of 24 hours a day to their cell. It's horrible.
Well, right not Michelle doesn't appear to want to see her mother.
Why shouldn't her wishes be followed? Are you arguing she has to be forced to see her mother?
Again, are you asking me jenny? Because you are not quoting me.
I do not believe that she should be forced to see her mother and I don't know how on earth that could possibly be construed from any of my posts.
I do not hate Michelle Knights mother BK. I simply have tremendous sympathy for what Michelle has lived through, both before and after her kidnapping and most importantly, I respect her rights.
IF her mother truly has concerns about her well being and that she may be being "kept" from Michelle by third parties; her remedy is court and a guardianship process, not the press and not by further victimizing her daughter by calling her damaged in the national press.
MOO
The mother did not call Michelle damaged. And it appears she has hired counsel to do what you are suggesting. And I can tell you from experience that some lawyers a person hires do or say things they don't approve of but many people lack the resources, the wherewithal or education to hire another, get their money back or control their attorneys.
BTW, I don't like the public nature of that statement but i don;t think it is totally unwarranted. Michelle is undoubtedly damaged by what she went through and may not be totally emotionally capable of making logical decisions at all times. She will need a lot of help. And I don;t think her mom is probably the one to provide that for her.
Not to mention that BK herself has admitted there were "strains" between her and Michelle before her abduction
(There are other articles where she puts it a little stronger, but I wasn't able to find it just now)
And she took her lawyer with her to the hospital, after previous attempts to see her daughter were rebuffed.
Instead of sending her a note or a letter, and giving Michelle the opportunity to respond if she wished to, when she was ready to, she keeps trying to force herself into the situation.
And even though she is not getting to see her daughter, she is continually showing up in the press, giving interviews. Certainly if her daughter wasn't getting her messages, it is very likely she is seeing her requests on TV.
My anger is toward AC. But mom is rapidly gaining ground. At least AC is no longer a danger to her. He can no longer control her.
So if there was strain between a parent and child when a child disappeared that means the parent is evil and is trying to profit off the child's misery? I;m not following this. Lots of people have strains with their adult kids.
I didn't see that she took her lawyer with her to the hospital. I saw that she went and then that her lawyer called the hospital on her behalf. But so what if she did bring an attorney wit her?
How do you know she didn't send notes to her child? And how is she "continually" in the press? I think I have seen two interviews?
But let me say this: If MY child went missing for 11 years and I found out she was freed but I was told would not see me, you better believe I would hire an attorney and keep pressing and shout from the mountain tops that I wanted to see my child. I would not rest until I saw her with my own eyes or at least her voice with my own ears, to know she was okay and to hear from her, herself that she was not ready to see me.
Finally, she's no longer under the control of castro, huh? How can you say that? I can imagine that monster using the lack of public presence of her mother to keep tighter control of Michelle or to hurt her further: "Look, see how everyone is looking for Amanda? And for Gina? Look how their families miss them. Look how their mothers cry for them. No one cares for you. Where is your mother, Michelle? She is evil. She hates you. She abandoned you. She doesn't care."
And after 11 years that message may have sunk in, even if not true.
Michelle's case did not get the attention the other two did because she was deemed by the authorities to be a runaway. And maybe because the mother lacked an education or resources, or family support, or charm or relatability or whatever, her efforts to find her child may have been ignored as well. And here we are heaping coals on her head when we do not yet know all the facts. Just a few statements, a few media reports, strung together to paint a solidly negative picture that many are repeating with absolute certainty. My only point is that that is not fair. It's too premature, IMO.