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@saasher2012 wrote:
I can assure you I'm confusing nothing, he is a murderer & therefore deserves everything that's thrown at him & more!! The sooner the better!!, let the do gooders make themselves feel good when he's inside & away from harming more potential victims!.
Not once have you shown the same understanding apart from a couple of comments about the victim, I notice the same applies to the others who rush forward to try & find an understanding of this so called human being!!.

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We already understand victims and those close to them. We undestand why they feel how they feel and how the incidents may impact upon them. We recognise the cause and effect.

Understanding the offender is also about cause and effect. "Why did you punch Johnny?", "because he was teasing me and calling me names." Cause and effect that most of us recognise, understand and appreciate will probably change over time as people mature.

"Why did you kill Mrs. Maguire?" "Because I had an inexplicable and irrational hatred for her which led to fantacies of brutally killing her."

Now here's a cause and effect which we don't understand but perhaps would be useful if we did! It can also be recognised as an irrational thought process that may not have the same propensity to change through maturity in the way that Johnny's is likely to, thus making this person far more dnagerous and therefore important to recognise!