It bothers me no end that a convicted murderer is able to use a social media platform as if she were a celebrity. Her tweets are deeply offensive to me and the fact that she is allowed to do this strikes me as fundamentally wrong. She is to be punished and having a public voice does not seem like punishment to me. She can no longer give interviews, so why should be be able to get her message out through other means?
Does anyone know of a respected columnist who would be willing to address this in an oped piece?
The account was shut down for a while, but I have not seen if this was done by Twitter or the person managing the account. With current laws, the corrections department may not be able to prohibit this activity. Ultimately, it may fall to the social media platform to make the decision not to allow this type of account by proxy.
Travis's family and friends want nothing more than to see this murderer locked up and removed from society. If not for technology, she would be unseen and without a voice. The fact that she does tweet must be yet another source of emotional pain for those that loved Travis.
Do we, as a society, want to see this become a trend? What is corporate America's social responsibility in this issue?
