So .....why no thread on the citizen who killed his pregnant wife and two girls? Or is it only significant when the accused murderer is....something...something...
bodecea
What we really need is to focus on prevention.
All criminal illness, and murderous anger/ill will, could be better prevented from
becoming deadly and dangerous by mental health screening and counseling.
It's just that this process requires INDIVIDUAL free choice.
The govt can only intervene when it becomes an issue of crime, legal rights
and protections, and public health and safety.
So people end up publicizing cases "after crimes have occurred"
instead of focusing on prevention, since that is up to individuals to do more.
Then, when you leave it up to publicity, anything goes!
People complain that "White girls" get more publicity for missing
than Blacks. And cases with "illegal aliens" either get more publicity for politics,
or get "hushed up" where the media is pressured NOT to describe the color or
status of the suspects.
If you leave it to politics and popular media, that's what you get.
If you want to be uniform across the board for ALL cases,
then we should be looking into better screening, counseling therapy
and treatment for ALL cases of abuse or ills BEFORE they result in criminal violations.