A “cannibal” who killed a homeless man and ate his eyes and brain was committed in 2013 to Connecticut’s custody for a term of 60 years, then released from the secure facility where he had been housed on “temporary leave” to a group home in September 2023.
While CT expects the victims to rehabilitate their lives after bearing the horrors committed by others, our tax dollars are spent attempting to rehabilitate those convicted of evil. Agatha Christie once said “You cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.” That the system persists anyway proves once again that it is shallow in thought and devoid of real solutions.
I agree, though my position is that it doesn't need to be an either/or. Connecticut has gone the progressive path of treating criminals like victims in way that both harms past victims and threatens to create new ones in the general public. I doubt this law will pass, or even get seriously considered. But at least we are raising a voice in opposition to this dangerous far-left pendulum. Thanks for commenting!
Yes, I have been watching the narrative advance that people only commit crimes because of their past and so they are the real victims. To me, this is like trying to purify fallen water while letting the hole in the dam continue to pour out more water. The cement in the dam is now being made of material that lacks basic ingredients to do the job correctly and so the holes continue to develop. The system is looking at the wrong thing, quite possibly because it’s an easier fix, even though it is no fix at all.
You have to plug the hole, which means working on the 1-parent epidemic and re-introducing ethics into their lives. But no parent can teach what they do not know. Where will they get this education? A case could be made that it is the church. The state probably should not be involved here and anyway, they might also be needy students on the subject.
I remember Heather Messenger and when this happened. She was the editor of Laser Focus World, a trade journal, and seemed like a very nice person too. Shocking how criminals are now glorified, and victims are forgotten. Sick world.
Did you know Heather? Yes, she was editor of Laser Focus World, and an amazingly vibrant, energetic woman -- also a fantastic cook and avid gardener! My wife and I were close friends with Dave and Heather. I represented Dave at his arraignment to secure bond, and then was asked to speak at Heather's funeral in Massachusetts later that week, which I did. I later took up the case for Heather's family because this was such a travesty of injustice. We finally got the inheritance laws changed, but never the PSRB process.
Wow, small world, huh! I didn't know Heather personally, but LFW was one of my favorite trade journals, and I liked her articles. Something like that was not on the radar! Really a shock.
Years later, something like that happened to someone very close to me. It changes how you feel about the "innocence" of mental health cases. Seems there's an idea that one is not evil, just crazy---but evil is as evil does.
I can find no other reasonable explanation as to why so many people have turned to evil, rejecting common sense and common decency, turning upside down so much of what is absolutely and verifiably true (i.e., there are only two sexes), defending criminals and slapping their victims and families in the face, and simply a widespread denial of reality except that demon possession and/or demon influence has overpowered their minds, hearts and souls.
Thanks for bringing this information. It is very sad when a government decides to take away consequences. To me, mental state should not be even considered in these situations. There is a lot to undo in this country.
While CT expects the victims to rehabilitate their lives after bearing the horrors committed by others, our tax dollars are spent attempting to rehabilitate those convicted of evil. Agatha Christie once said “You cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.” That the system persists anyway proves once again that it is shallow in thought and devoid of real solutions.
I agree, though my position is that it doesn't need to be an either/or. Connecticut has gone the progressive path of treating criminals like victims in way that both harms past victims and threatens to create new ones in the general public. I doubt this law will pass, or even get seriously considered. But at least we are raising a voice in opposition to this dangerous far-left pendulum. Thanks for commenting!
Yes, I have been watching the narrative advance that people only commit crimes because of their past and so they are the real victims. To me, this is like trying to purify fallen water while letting the hole in the dam continue to pour out more water. The cement in the dam is now being made of material that lacks basic ingredients to do the job correctly and so the holes continue to develop. The system is looking at the wrong thing, quite possibly because it’s an easier fix, even though it is no fix at all.
You have to plug the hole, which means working on the 1-parent epidemic and re-introducing ethics into their lives. But no parent can teach what they do not know. Where will they get this education? A case could be made that it is the church. The state probably should not be involved here and anyway, they might also be needy students on the subject.
EVILS THAT CODDLE INSANE MURDERERS ARE INSANE MUDERERS
I remember Heather Messenger and when this happened. She was the editor of Laser Focus World, a trade journal, and seemed like a very nice person too. Shocking how criminals are now glorified, and victims are forgotten. Sick world.
Did you know Heather? Yes, she was editor of Laser Focus World, and an amazingly vibrant, energetic woman -- also a fantastic cook and avid gardener! My wife and I were close friends with Dave and Heather. I represented Dave at his arraignment to secure bond, and then was asked to speak at Heather's funeral in Massachusetts later that week, which I did. I later took up the case for Heather's family because this was such a travesty of injustice. We finally got the inheritance laws changed, but never the PSRB process.
Wow, small world, huh! I didn't know Heather personally, but LFW was one of my favorite trade journals, and I liked her articles. Something like that was not on the radar! Really a shock.
Years later, something like that happened to someone very close to me. It changes how you feel about the "innocence" of mental health cases. Seems there's an idea that one is not evil, just crazy---but evil is as evil does.
I can find no other reasonable explanation as to why so many people have turned to evil, rejecting common sense and common decency, turning upside down so much of what is absolutely and verifiably true (i.e., there are only two sexes), defending criminals and slapping their victims and families in the face, and simply a widespread denial of reality except that demon possession and/or demon influence has overpowered their minds, hearts and souls.
Thanks for bringing this information. It is very sad when a government decides to take away consequences. To me, mental state should not be even considered in these situations. There is a lot to undo in this country.