Natural Born Killers remix
So in the 90s a movie came out starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, called Natural Born Killers. If you haven't seen it, don't. It's creepy and disturbing. When the movie came out, I remember hearing that it was based on a true case from the 60s. A man named Charles Starkweather and a teenager named Caril Ann Fugate went on a rampage which started with them killing her entire family and ended about a week later. I think the total body count was 10. He was executed, she served a few decades in jail, is now a free woman, and lives in Michigan (hurray!).
Her defense was that she was an innocent victim of Charles', that she was afraid of him, afraid for her life if she tried to stop him. The jury didn't buy it, and neither did the cops at the time, who referred to her as cold-blooded.
Well, we've just seen history repeat itself in Michigan. In January, a man named Patrick Selepak was released from prison BY MISTAKE (Homer says D'oh!) and got engaged to the girl he had been comunicating with while in prison, a young woman named Samantha Bachynski. They celebrated their engagement by stealing a gun from a local gun and knife show. (Girls: when he wants to celebrate your engagement by committing a crime, you should run the other way. Immediately.) They then proceeded to kill a young couple and their unborn child. A couple of days later they killed another man. Then they were caught (thanks to an alert woman who tipped off the cops). Anyway, Selepak plead guilty over the summer, but refused to testify on Bachynski's behalf. Her defense is eerily similar to Fugate's from 40 years ago: she was afraid for her life if she tried to stop him.
OK. Stop right there. (Now you get to see what The Clam has to put up with on a daily basis.)
I'm sorry. You don't stand there and allow someone to torture and kill 3 people, including a pregnant woman. You just don't. I can't imagine standing by while someone was torturing an animal, much less a person. As for her being afraid, she went to CVS Pharmacy for duct tape BY HERSELF. If you're really in fear for your life, and you get let out to run an errand, at that point you go for the cops. Why would you walk back into the situation?
This news story has been of great interest to the local media, so there has been much footage of court proceedings. Every time she is shown, she is crying. Seriously. Not crying from remorse, mind you, crying because "it's not her fault." She maintains that she didn't do anything wrong and she doesn't know why she should be punished. Seriously. She has been found guilty and the victims' families were allowed to address her Monday. She cried all the way through their speeches, with her back to the families.
She reminds me of a child who has been caught and is being punished, but who thinks crying will mitigate the punishment. I don't know whether to be angry at her or feel sorry for her. But every time I see her on the TV, she turns my stomach. You participated in ending 4 lives. Even if you did none of it yourself (which I don't buy), you stood by while evil was being done, when you could have prevented it. Take some responsibility. Do some penance.
Her defense was that she was an innocent victim of Charles', that she was afraid of him, afraid for her life if she tried to stop him. The jury didn't buy it, and neither did the cops at the time, who referred to her as cold-blooded.
Well, we've just seen history repeat itself in Michigan. In January, a man named Patrick Selepak was released from prison BY MISTAKE (Homer says D'oh!) and got engaged to the girl he had been comunicating with while in prison, a young woman named Samantha Bachynski. They celebrated their engagement by stealing a gun from a local gun and knife show. (Girls: when he wants to celebrate your engagement by committing a crime, you should run the other way. Immediately.) They then proceeded to kill a young couple and their unborn child. A couple of days later they killed another man. Then they were caught (thanks to an alert woman who tipped off the cops). Anyway, Selepak plead guilty over the summer, but refused to testify on Bachynski's behalf. Her defense is eerily similar to Fugate's from 40 years ago: she was afraid for her life if she tried to stop him.
OK. Stop right there. (Now you get to see what The Clam has to put up with on a daily basis.)
I'm sorry. You don't stand there and allow someone to torture and kill 3 people, including a pregnant woman. You just don't. I can't imagine standing by while someone was torturing an animal, much less a person. As for her being afraid, she went to CVS Pharmacy for duct tape BY HERSELF. If you're really in fear for your life, and you get let out to run an errand, at that point you go for the cops. Why would you walk back into the situation?
This news story has been of great interest to the local media, so there has been much footage of court proceedings. Every time she is shown, she is crying. Seriously. Not crying from remorse, mind you, crying because "it's not her fault." She maintains that she didn't do anything wrong and she doesn't know why she should be punished. Seriously. She has been found guilty and the victims' families were allowed to address her Monday. She cried all the way through their speeches, with her back to the families.
She reminds me of a child who has been caught and is being punished, but who thinks crying will mitigate the punishment. I don't know whether to be angry at her or feel sorry for her. But every time I see her on the TV, she turns my stomach. You participated in ending 4 lives. Even if you did none of it yourself (which I don't buy), you stood by while evil was being done, when you could have prevented it. Take some responsibility. Do some penance.
posted by The Big Seester | 11:06 AM
1 Comments:
I know. I read the quotes from her..."He's a horrible person...I don't see why I should have to go to prison for what he did..."
Hasn't she ever heard of being an accessory to murder, whether before, during, or after the fact? She could definitely use some prayers. Who's the patron saint of rank immature selfishness?
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