NEWS - Sad stuff
The Fritzl case, trigger stuff below the cut.
I can't really articulate why I am somehow enraged that Fritzl may get a maximum number of fifteen years in jail for keeping his daughter captive for twenty one years, raping her sometimes multiple times a day, literally torturing and humiliating her...
But that he might get life for the death of the baby. The death is horrible - and utterly preventable. But the child suffered for days. Elisabeth suffered for decades. Her other children will likely never recover. Fritzl's wife will never recover. The damage is gigantic, but the focus seems all warped.
I don't know. Of course, the entire case is depressing. I just don't feel Fritzl will be rehabilitated himself, ever - and I'm trying not to let personal feelings about him come into play. There's an excellent reason why horrified people shouldn't be on juries, because my urge for bloody vengeance is a lot greater than my urge for justice in this case. I would be an appalling person to have decide this man's fate.
I can't really articulate why I am somehow enraged that Fritzl may get a maximum number of fifteen years in jail for keeping his daughter captive for twenty one years, raping her sometimes multiple times a day, literally torturing and humiliating her...
But that he might get life for the death of the baby. The death is horrible - and utterly preventable. But the child suffered for days. Elisabeth suffered for decades. Her other children will likely never recover. Fritzl's wife will never recover. The damage is gigantic, but the focus seems all warped.
I don't know. Of course, the entire case is depressing. I just don't feel Fritzl will be rehabilitated himself, ever - and I'm trying not to let personal feelings about him come into play. There's an excellent reason why horrified people shouldn't be on juries, because my urge for bloody vengeance is a lot greater than my urge for justice in this case. I would be an appalling person to have decide this man's fate.