GMN":2ubgklr4 said:
Alice":2ubgklr4 said:
peg4x4":2ubgklr4 said:
Well--- 6 of the hubbys stepmothers came forward with the news that he had been abused as a child,so he shouldn't be punished------------- AAAARRRRRRGGG!!!!
All 6 of those %^&*($ should be in jail for not stoping his abuse
If it did happen..
Peg, I'm sure the guy was abused badly...and you are right, the stepmothers should be charged for not reporting it. 'Course, it's a little after the fact...and the horror, now.
As awful as the abuse was that was met on this man, it still does not excuse him. It's a sad fact of life that abuse can turn children into monsters who grow up and prey on innocents. As far as I'm concerned, the man should pay the heaviest penalty, and if his abuser is still alive, he should pay right along with him.
Alice
I get sick of this lame excuse being used for people who were abused (supposedly) themselves growing up and doing the same thing. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior plain and simple. When you grow up, I think they should know the difference between right and wrong. For every person who was abused there are the ones who grow up and lead normal lives, they learn from what happened to them, and grow up not wanting to become them. Thats a cop out excuse and should not even be brought into the topic of committing a murder.
GMN
As I said,
this does not excuse the crime and the man deserves the worst punishment. It is a fact, however, that people who were abused as children are more likely to abuse other children, physically and sexually. I wish there were a way to completely break that cycle, but it's gone on since the beginning of time, and will always be one of society's biggest problems.
There was a terrible case of abuse recently in my daughter's school district. A boy of about 13, who had been withdrawn from school to be homeschooled, had been put outside to fend for himself, yet when he tried to leave, he was beaten. He wound up making himself a little place to sleep under his "family's" house and foraged for food out of the trash can.
One of his former classmates found him like this, one day, and went home to get the kid something to eat. The kid wouldn't eat it because he was afraid he'd be beaten for it and his friend would suffer for it. Fortunately, the kid who found him told his mother.
This abused boy's father's response..."Hey, that's what happened to me when I didn't toe the line...didn't hurt me one d*mn bit! Made a man outta me!"
Abuse begets abuse...and there ain't no way to pretty that up.
Alice