I've heard that people who murder have a hard time copeing with life and their whole life becomes tangled up & never have peace unless they can face their mistakes and make amends as best they can is this true?Could this be part of O J's problem?
2007-09-17 02:44:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I've worked on well over a hundred murder cases in my career (now retired). Of all the people that have been sent away for murder all but 2 are still alive with most still incarcerated.
Do murderers live longer? I can only attest to those that I had some dealings with and the answer is clearly yes. The first case that I worked on that individual was convicted for multiple murders in 1972 and is still alive (he is now 79) and obviously has adjusted to prison very well.
2007-09-17 04:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by malter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a very general question, and although I have no data to back it up except personal experience, I would have to say no.
I'm sure your statement is true for some who commit violent crimes, but the majority of those who do these heinous acts feel no need to make amends, feel no compassion for their victims, and feel that they are blameless for their crimes - "if he wasn't such a _____ I wouldn't have had to kill him", or "it's not my fault he walked in while I was robbing the place". They have no trouble sleeping at night.
2007-09-17 03:04:01 · answer #2 · answered by wuxxler 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they are sentenced to death then they automatically will live at least another 18 years. Then when a State decides against the death penalty, They get to live even longer. OJ's 60 and his case was 12 years ago. In my opinion, he is not "acting out" because he feels bad. He is robbing because he is running out of fame/money/ or both.
2007-09-17 07:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer, in my opinion, is "NO". You are super-imposing on these people 'values' and 'morals' that most of them just do not poses. Having dealt with a few strait up murders I can tell you that most of them felt absolutely no remorse what so ever. They didn't care about their 'victim(s)' at all or felt that 'they got what was coming to them!' These were your 'normal' murderers. As for the 'crazy' murderers, well, they were CRAZY! I support the Death Penalty for all of them.
2007-09-17 04:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who commit violent crimes die younger. So do their victims. So do the family members of both the criminals and their victims. It's got a lot to do with living in a war zone.
Sounds like you've been hearing a lot of bad sermons from bad preachers.
Once cops decide you're guilty of something, even if, like OJ, you're found "not guilty" in court, they try to pin *everything* on you. If OJ were in New Jersey, and a bank were robbed by a 5'2" white woman on Long Island, you can believe that the cops would be all over him, demanding that he confess to the crime.
2007-09-17 02:56:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋