I simply provided information for each to consider as they see fit. I see the matter from different perspectives.
We might consider the long-term cost of counseling for the rape and assault victims. The trauma they have experienced can never be erased. Their lives as they were and had a right to cannot be restored to them.
It is reasonable to think that the many young girls will need counseling also - just to regain a sense that home is safe and they can sleep peacefully without fearful thoughts of another RW invading while they sleep. Can their parents afford this costly help? Why should RW not bear the cost of the damage he has done to them? They are much more precious than floors.
I understand that the annual cost of keeping a prisoner is about $100,000. RW could live another 30 years. That is a $3,000,000 burden that the taxpayers will bear. Add his $60,000 annual pension for 30 years ($1,800,000) which taxpayers will also bear. How do each of you feel about that?
As for the floors, when the law enforcement officers entered the home it was co-owned by RW and MEH. Their entry into the home was caused by the criminal acts of one of those owners. Without the crime there would have been no damage to the floors. The damage was a direct result of RW's criminal acts. Frankly, I think that MEH's demand that the officers pay for the damages is her need to strike out in anger for the hurt and humiliation she has suffered. Her anger is misdirected. It is RW who deserves that.
The $3000 is a pittance when the couples' combined income is considered. She should be embarrassed to expect the taxpayers to add that to the high cost of prosecuting her husband for the vile crimes he has committed against innocent, undeserving victims and society as a whole.
