Saturday, November 12, 2005

Some People Were Just Born to be in Prison

A year of two ago, Steven Avery made headlines when he was released from prison after serving 18 years for a rape he did not commit. It was a case of mistaken identity, and he was exhonorated by DNA evidence. Now it looks like he is headed back to prison. This time, it is for murder, and this time the DNA evidence may convict him rather than exhonorate him.

Avery's mother's reponse is precious: "I don't know why the hell they do that stuff," she said of the plan to charge Avery with killing Halbach. "They must like wrecking people's lives."

Yes, those evil policemen who just get off on ruining your son's life. It is not like they found parts of a dead body on his property or anything. Oh wait, that's right, they did. Look, Ms. Avery, the first time they put your son away was a tragic mistake that never should have happened, but it is not like he was exactly squeaky clean, either.

So, I wonder, was his thought something like "well shit, dude, I already did the time, I may as well do the crime"?


3 comments:

The Exile said...

So much for the "rehabilitation" theory of prisons, huh? Maybe we should use them for what they were invented for and actually punish people in them.

Mahndisa S. Rigmaiden said...

11 12 05

How Bizarre:
I wonder if he was always a bad seed, or if prison corrupted him. Either way, that is just plain sad and horrible!

stuffle said...

Mahndisa - IIRC, this guy was no angel even before his false imprisonment. In the current case, he was held because he had a gun, violating some probation he was evidently on from before the false imprisonment for rape...