Dr.Strangelove
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searunner said:I am deeply disappointed to the point of sickened at his family showing up at his hearing. Yes, I know he is someone's child and sibling, but I don't think I'd stand by a child and I know for sure that I would not stand by a sibling (and I love by siblings) in these particular circumstances. This wasn't an argument that escalated.This was a calculated and cold-blooded execution of someone innocent and who apparent had been a good friend to him. And the fact that he strangled her and watched her die for a half hour...words can not express how depraved he is. He and people like him are a danger to society - and people like this can not be rehabilitated.
I do not care what any of his family or friends might say, there is no way in hell that he is not a major sociopath and that there weren't warning signs crying out. The fact that his family either did not notice them or (more likely) just did not want to admit to themselves that one of their baby-faced blondies is a dangerous sick pup just shows how dysfunctional and/or irresponsible they are. People with the usual level of family dysfunction (we all have some) do not raise a child that plans for six months to rob (and maybe kill) one of his best friends all for a few thousand $. I can understand people who steal when they or their families are literally starving. But baby-faced sicko who is all of just 19 years old and seems very physically able apparently just did not want to work (given he quit his job a couple days after murdering Sarah). Boo-hoo. Poor baby had to work for a living, like most of us have to do. (And he has only been doing so for a short time.)
The reason I feel extreme distaste for the family is because the parents obviously hired the defense attorney and we all can guess by what this deplorable man has said what the defense will be. They are going to use the suicide angle. That, to me, is like putting another dagger through Sarah's father's heart - a man that seems a good man and is a family friend. These people obviously do not care what they have to do to get sonny boy off.
Again, no way in hell I would be in court if this was my sibling. I love my siblings, but some things are SO wrong that shared blood does not matter. And a child? I don't know. But I'd not be paying for a defense attorney whose goal was to soil the good name of the innocent victim that my son had brutally murdered.
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I agree with you on everything but the family bits. I would be there. Even if I wanted them to rot in jail I'd be there. It doesn't mean they're cheering him on, and it doesn't mean they aren't disgusted by what happened. Its an incredibly complex situation, and the "right thing to do" isn't always so clear in the hot seat. Not to mention we have no idea what their son has told them. They may not even think he's guilty. Imaging the emotional distress they're in, they probably arnt in their right minds.
You said you think he's a sociopath. And I would agree with you. If he is a sociopath, then its even more reason to be sympathetic to his family. I don't know if you've ever met a sociopath, but I have. And they tend to be cunning and manipulative. They tend to be charmers. And yes, in retrospect there were probably signs. But usually these signs arnt as clear as putting cat heads in the freezer. And no one wants to think that someone they birthed and raised and love is a monster. No one wants to believe someone they love is capable of this. Mental illness is not clear cut either. Even if they did know he was mentally ill, does not mean they knew he could kill someone. Most sociopaths don't kill people. The family didn't to anything, they are victims too.
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