The paper is The News of the World. The reward is for the capture and conviction of the Suffolk killer.
The families of the dead girls have lost their loved ones at Christmas in the most humiliating and painful way possible, shouldn't the £250,000 be divided up among them instead?
Big companies stepped in to help the Farepak people who lost their Christmas money, these people have lost a lot more than that, where is their help when they need it?
Even if the dead girls were prostitutes, they were still people and their families are human beings.
2006-12-13 07:00:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Why should someone make £250,000 blood money for doing their duty and reporting a criminal to the police?
2006-12-13 07:06:33 · update #1
I know WHY they're offering the reward, I'm just questioning if someone should profit from the murder of young girls. It just seems wrong.
2006-12-13 07:14:38 · update #2
The murdered girls were all adults. For whatever reason, they decided to become prostitutes. You can't blame their families for that. Is it because they're working class people that you object to them being given a Christmas gift of money?
2006-12-13 07:17:58 · update #3
Maybe the newspapers could pay for the families to have a nice holiday. They would love to get a break from the winter gloom and the press hysteria so they can grieve privately, but most of them can't afford to get away.
2006-12-13 07:34:44 · update #4
There are children left bereaved in this tragedy. I think whomever might end up with the reward should be left to decide what they wish to do with it. If their information catches this evil person and puts him away then, they deserve every penny.
On the other hand, it would be a nice gesture if some help was given to those that are going to be left raising the children that have now lost their mothers. Not from any reward money necessarily, but it's unfair to say all the families of these murdered girls are to blame for this situation. Sometimes things happen, beyond the control of caring family members, many of them are in shock and grieving and now have to take on the upbringing of young children.
I've seen the odd bunch of flowers pinned to a lamp post here and there to remember the dead girls, but nothing like the amount of money that was spent on flowers and trinkets mourning Princess Diana. A life is a life whether it be a princess or a prostitute
2006-12-14 05:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Eden* 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
While I of course think that the relatives of the victims need support, I don't think that would be the best use of the money.
The idea of a reward is that the monetary incentive will make someone come forward and report the killer, so he cannot kill any more. In this way the money could actually save even several lives. This would be very good use of the money. Giving it to the victim's families would not bring back those who are already dead, or help possible future victims.
On another note, someone loses a family member in a tragedy every now and then, so I think if some are compensated for the loss, then it should happen in every case, not just those that are in the public eye.
2006-12-13 07:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The paper is doing it for good publicity. They will sell a few more papers this Sunday, but when the murderer(s) is captured they will start off again with their slagging off of prostitutes and drug users.
I agree with you - the victims were human beings. We all have failings in some way or another. The best way we can remember these young ladies is to stop buying the News of the World and other trash News International papers.
2006-12-13 07:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok lets think about why the news of the world may have done this (had a big debate at work about this today) in my opinion it is so if someone knows who did these horrific things to these women and lets remmember they may be prostitutes but they are still someones mother daughter sister aunt whatever if the low life who did this is in fact a serial killer then his/her friends must have seen a change and lets face it for a quater of a million most people in the uk would shop there own granny so no i think the money should go to the person who gives the information that secures the arrest and conviction of this sicko itl get the scum out from the woodwork
2006-12-13 07:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by rachel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think the families would find any consolation in a cash payment, the greatest reward they will get is the capture of this serial killer.
I agree that people should come forward with any information about a murderer without the need for a cash incentive (especially one that large) Unfortunately in today's society people are reluctant to become involved in criminal proceedings due to the inconvenience of it for them not to mention the prospect of giving evidence at court, witness intimidation etc
2006-12-13 07:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by Poppy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not give money to both the victim's families and the person who identifies the killer? Most of these rags (disguised as newspapers) make a very healthy profit and can easily afford to. They may also make a difference if they referred to these people firstly as women and not as prostitutes. They were all someones daughter, grandaughter, sister, aunt or mother.
2006-12-13 10:32:39 · answer #6 · answered by Robin H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a thought.
If a newspaper really cared, should they not offer the money to the families, or even give money to sponsor more police.
The media like to give away lots of money, but it seems to me the wrong reasons. Like selling more newspapers for example.
I applaud the News of the World for helping out, but it should be done in a different way.
These are peoples lives, not publicity materiel.
Lets show our respects, and let the police get on with their job.
2006-12-13 07:31:14 · answer #7 · answered by Dr David 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No by using fact if somebody hadn't have finished that to their chum, they'd not have been in any way sadistic interior the 1st place. Serial killers are many times sociopaths, so as that they are certainly sadistic and don't care approximately different individuals. The sufferer's relatives is merely reacting to the wear they are experiencing.
2016-12-30 08:53:39 · answer #8 · answered by schwager 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! I think the reward should go to the one that captures the killer. The family members didn't seem like they were helping these girls out (why else would they be prostitutes which is a dangerous "profession")so why should the families profit from their deaths?
2006-12-13 07:08:55 · answer #9 · answered by question asker 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No money in the world would make things better for the families. The money could be given to a charity to assist women who turn to prostitution to feed addiction, as you have to be pretty desperate to still work the streets knowing how dangerous it is
2006-12-13 07:11:33 · answer #10 · answered by feebee 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋