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I often wonder if people who do unbelievably horrible things are more worthy of our pity or our scorn. That woman who drowned her kids in the bathtub, this wrestler, others that have done unimaginably horrible things. With or without premeditation or cover-up, any action like this is nothing but sick. Is it evil? Are there crimes that are so royally [censored] up that almost by definition those who commit them CANNOT be playing with a full deck? Should this have an effect on how we judge those who commit these crimes?

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In a certain sense, everyone who does anything wrong is [censored] up at least a little bit. Obviously, cases like this are extreme, but it's almost like, the more dysfunctional you are, the more capable you are of doing cruel and terrible things. So in a certain sense they all deserve our pity, hard though it may be to muster.

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its hard to believe that he didnt have any control over his actions. while this looks like some sort of ted bundy premeditated torture session, i think it was more likely a crime of rage/passion against the wife followed by him going nuts and doing the kid.

also, if he lost control of his actions do to the physical harm he did to his brain with chemical substances, then he is still responsible for his actions.