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Have I Befriended a Murderer?

54 points gmays 1 hour ago 14 comments

silverFork 50 minutes ago | parent

It is probably was crime of passion that he had covered up. Apparently she was having affairs and he didn't. Robbers don't kill people for mere $50k. He maybe a nice guy but also a killer. It was not because of money I would guess. Anger management issues are likely and those are not visible now.

saaaaaam 42 minutes ago | parent

Or it was her stepfather who she was going to report to the police for allegedly sexually abusing her.

dbt00 29 minutes ago | parent

This is probably more of a reddit thread than a HN thread, but it seems unlikely that he would make up a story about a robbery in that case.

scarby2 5 minutes ago | parent

Unless the step father robbed the store as a cover for the actual motive.

Also, given he opened the safe and called the police a few minutes later, what happened to the money from the safe.

MisterTea 27 minutes ago | parent

Or was it the butler?

Truth is in these situations we don't know so no one outside of the case should speculate.

I feel the tendency to turn criminal cases into public spectacles does more harm and disservice to justice than anything else. The public has no business passing judgement or deciding for themselves. Leave them out of it.

BeetleB 17 minutes ago | parent

> Robbers don't kill people for mere $50k.

Here in the US, people kill for a lot less.

BigTTYGothGF 31 minutes ago | parent

I'm reminded of Edgar Smith and William Buckley ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Smith_(murderer) ), let's hope that however this particular story ends no one else gets killed.

saidnooneever 30 minutes ago | parent

regardless of what happened truly, id say that someone isn't define by any specific thing that happened in their lives. however people do like to try and make it seem that way, because emotion and subsequent judgement cloud perception and prevent looking past things for a lot of people who cant detach themselves from their own emotions and or judgement.

people change all the time, and sitting in a small box without freedoms will surely cause deep introspection even in the most outward of people.

you can befriend anyone if theg are friendly to you, regardless of what happened in their lives historically. ofcourse be careful and learn lessons, but no need to be judgemental on things that never involved you in the first place.

for most people you can find some slice im their life and mark them as bad (maybe not wife murdering bad, but bad nonetheless). if you look critically at how you view people you will find that the people you do accept in your life simply dont have slices that you know of that trigger your emotions and cause judgement.

this is why i like some religions say judgement is only reserved for god. other then that it just causes more negativity from something that was already negative. spreading it more and more. (yes i know this last part will likely be hated on by the atheists, thats ok, judge away ;), still love ya!)

un-diletante 22 minutes ago | parent

I'm finding more and more onerous the social expectation that I should be punishing transgressors of law or morality through shunning and disrespect. In my opinion punishment should be purely an affair of the state, and I don't believe that someone should be looked down upon because they treated someone who has done wrong with dignity and respect.

swatcoder 18 minutes ago | parent

Social media turned the whole world into a high school cafeteria.

saghm 8 minutes ago | parent

I'm pretty sure that societies have had social pressure for not interacting with people who society frowns upon as long as there have been societies. If anything, the "affairs of the state" that handle a lot of this nowadays developed because of the social pressure, not the other way around. Social media didn't somehow invent the idea of societies shunning people that are not deemed acceptable, although it did probably make it more visible.

whatshisface 17 minutes ago | parent

It's supposed to be proof beyond all reasonable doubt, but the system prefers the principle of one crime, one sentence.

stephenlf 15 minutes ago | parent

> Ten of the 12 jurors agreed, and Robin was found guilty by a majority verdict.

God bless America. I’m glad I’m here and not there.

mkehrt 6 minutes ago | parent

Yeah, I was really shocked to read that.