He Was A Serial Killer. RIP?
“A serial killer who modelled himself on the horror-film character Freddy Krueger has killed himself in a top-security mental hospital.
Daniel Gonzalez was found in a pool of blood by staff at Broadmoor in Berkshire after he used a broken CD to cut his wrists.The 26-year-old schizophrenic was jailed for life in 2004 for killing four people in three days in London and Sussex.
Gonzalez… was described by psychiatrists as one of the hospital’s most dangerous inmates… He showed no remorse and told police that he was “on a mission to kill as many people as possible”.” (The Times)
I’m not at all sorry that a man who killed four people in three days and showed no remorse, and declaring that he was “on a mission to kill as many people as possible” is dead. But we should neither have the death sentence, because it could easily kill an innocent person, or ‘encourage’ or even allow prisoners kill themselves if we possibly can.
It would be very easy to suggest that serial killer should be ‘allowed’ to take their own lives - they’re in prison on a life sentence without parole, so why shouldn’t they be able to commit suicide if they wish? But having this as even an unofficial policy is a step along the slippery slope towards corporal and capital punishment. Every reasonable attempt should be made to prevent suicide from occurring - but of course it is neither affordable or even possible to make suicide impossible, and especially not if suicidal tendencies have not been seen. Suicide should not be ‘easy’ in prison. But it should be as hard as finances and practicalities allow.
And should Gonzalez rest in peace? Hell, no.
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Source: The Times
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So young yet so crazy…
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