brightii
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Now that it's clear that DM at least is going to be spending the next 25 years in prison, I wonder how long his administrative segregation will last?
I expect that he will be segregated for his protection until all the trials are over, because he is so high profile, and the prison system would not want him dead before he was fully tried.
Then a few years for the publicity to wear off, perhaps?
It's going to be a rough start to a life in prison.
As an opponent of the death penalty, and as a person who abhors violence in every way, I would hope that DM and/or MS are not murdered in prison if found guilty. They each do have families, and although they mercilessly (if convicted) took an innocent man's life (and perhaps more victims, if convicted of those murders) and left their victim's many innocent loved ones to grieve, I could not take any pleasure or satisfaction in news that someone harmed or murdered either of them.
Nothing that happens going forward will change the past or bring life back to the victim(s), or comfort and console their families. I realize that some people may want to see the accused suffer or even die in prison because of their allegedly evil actions, but for me, such a wish would make me feel less humane and more like the killers themselves. I don't ever want to be capable of knowing what it is like to kill someone, or to even wish someone dead, no matter their crime. The crime(s) of the accused, (if convicted), IMO are theirs alone to atone for, and if either or both accused, if convicted, are tortured or tormented in prison or killed, that IMO would not be just punishment, it would be yet another senseless crime.
I want justice for TB but I hope not to hear of any more blood spilled. There's already too much.
And SnooperDuper, I'm not suggesting you want to see any violence against either accused, your post just got me thinking about how I feel about that very real possibility for both or either accused, if convicted, if or when they meet with the reality of prison life.
All MOO.