I have been a forensic psychiatrist for 28+ years, and I believe we have learned a powerful lesson in purposely segregating human beings for grossly long periods of time: it is cruel & inhumane. Period. I would frequently visit Death Row, and even the most heinous of criminals can be managed appropriately without segregating them in total isolation without some form of human interaction. Even the most psychopathic - who, by far, are the most dangerous of individuals that can be encountered by correctional custody staff - can be properly managed without exposing them to other inmates, with proper training and protocol. This death row inmate woman never should have had physical access to other inmates for any reason, and her "escape" plan would never have happened - literally would never have begun or materialized - in a properly vetted and properly trained custody staff, working in a maximized facility, where a protocol does not allow for a single "observer" to be distracted for even a moment, and then allows 30-seconds to elapse before officers will arrive to assist. When inmates know that such behavior will not be tolerated by a well trained team; they actually witness the professional response of a well-trained team; see the predictability of a well-trained team as, for example, an execution date draws near; and most importantly, mental health professionals and spiritual advisors are available throughout the course of incarceration leading to execution, changes in behavior can often be dramatic. If you are unwilling to show respect and dignity for another human being, minimally, you will be continually fighting for compliance.
Many people have awful childhoods, but they don’t slay other human beings. Society has to have deterrents. Society needs to understand that justice will be served, if you kill, you will pay the price. K Imagine if Christina didn’t make the choice to snare and kill her victim? They both would be alive today and Christina may have been a happy woman with a family of her own? The only good that can come from this, is that other young people view Christina as an example , of what happens when you murder.
Her execution, when it finally occurs, will have taken about 30 years longer than it should have, allowing her time to destroy a couple of more lives. They had her dead to rights from the start. Sentence should have been served in 90-180 days.
Exactly....without a speedy execution,it allows for more torture and crime from ALL parties unvolved,guard and convict alike....as happened.If you are seriously beyond repair,all the more reason imho.
“Is Christa an inherently bad person or is her childhood to blame?” It sounds like both. From the description of her childhood, it sounds as though she was a very young child when she learned the coping mechanism that led her to becoming a bad person.
I lived in Knoxville until 92 and I’m familiar with all the places mentioned. Might have seen her on a trip back to see a football game, but I don’t have any reason to think I did.
Conceptually I believe in the death penalty but I think it’s pointless in our current system. She did her crime 30 years ago now, making her almost 50 now.
It should be life in prison, and I think his point here is that in modern day America the death penalty is effectively just life in prison, except we waste a bunch of taxpayer money fighting appeals. It's been 30 years since she was "sentenced to death," and she's still alive, our tax dollars still being wasted prosecuting her in appeals courts.
Just sentence her to life without parole and be done with it.
She is an inherently bad person, and her childhood is to blame. Why frame it as a dichotomy? When an animal, like say a lion, kills a human, we do not hesitate to kill that animal even though hunting and consuming a human is beyond the animals control and the animal is in no way morally culpable.
Why’d ya make me read this? Ruined my whole morning.
hence the disclaimer…
I have been a forensic psychiatrist for 28+ years, and I believe we have learned a powerful lesson in purposely segregating human beings for grossly long periods of time: it is cruel & inhumane. Period. I would frequently visit Death Row, and even the most heinous of criminals can be managed appropriately without segregating them in total isolation without some form of human interaction. Even the most psychopathic - who, by far, are the most dangerous of individuals that can be encountered by correctional custody staff - can be properly managed without exposing them to other inmates, with proper training and protocol. This death row inmate woman never should have had physical access to other inmates for any reason, and her "escape" plan would never have happened - literally would never have begun or materialized - in a properly vetted and properly trained custody staff, working in a maximized facility, where a protocol does not allow for a single "observer" to be distracted for even a moment, and then allows 30-seconds to elapse before officers will arrive to assist. When inmates know that such behavior will not be tolerated by a well trained team; they actually witness the professional response of a well-trained team; see the predictability of a well-trained team as, for example, an execution date draws near; and most importantly, mental health professionals and spiritual advisors are available throughout the course of incarceration leading to execution, changes in behavior can often be dramatic. If you are unwilling to show respect and dignity for another human being, minimally, you will be continually fighting for compliance.
Many people have awful childhoods, but they don’t slay other human beings. Society has to have deterrents. Society needs to understand that justice will be served, if you kill, you will pay the price. K Imagine if Christina didn’t make the choice to snare and kill her victim? They both would be alive today and Christina may have been a happy woman with a family of her own? The only good that can come from this, is that other young people view Christina as an example , of what happens when you murder.
Death
Actions have consequences- the end
We need the Death Penalty for cases such as this. Justice is essential for the victim as well as society as a whole.
So tragic…deserves the death penalty
Justice delayed is justice denied. Fry this waste of dna already. We need an express lane for the death penalty.
Her execution, when it finally occurs, will have taken about 30 years longer than it should have, allowing her time to destroy a couple of more lives. They had her dead to rights from the start. Sentence should have been served in 90-180 days.
Exactly....without a speedy execution,it allows for more torture and crime from ALL parties unvolved,guard and convict alike....as happened.If you are seriously beyond repair,all the more reason imho.
“Is Christa an inherently bad person or is her childhood to blame?” It sounds like both. From the description of her childhood, it sounds as though she was a very young child when she learned the coping mechanism that led her to becoming a bad person.
There is no valid reason for a death penalty.
I lived in Knoxville until 92 and I’m familiar with all the places mentioned. Might have seen her on a trip back to see a football game, but I don’t have any reason to think I did.
Conceptually I believe in the death penalty but I think it’s pointless in our current system. She did her crime 30 years ago now, making her almost 50 now.
But what would be the evidence of her reform? A murder like that is death or life in prison. No second chances.
Agreed. I don't have a philosophical objection to the death penalty--it's just that the cases drag on so long and use up so much state resources.
It should be life in prison, and I think his point here is that in modern day America the death penalty is effectively just life in prison, except we waste a bunch of taxpayer money fighting appeals. It's been 30 years since she was "sentenced to death," and she's still alive, our tax dollars still being wasted prosecuting her in appeals courts.
Just sentence her to life without parole and be done with it.
Bad seeds are a thing.
Don’t like the idea of my tax money feeding this demon.
Same time, though shalt not kill.
Let God deal with her evil ass.
She is an inherently bad person, and her childhood is to blame. Why frame it as a dichotomy? When an animal, like say a lion, kills a human, we do not hesitate to kill that animal even though hunting and consuming a human is beyond the animals control and the animal is in no way morally culpable.
How incredibly sick and demented this child was evil to the core truly
Clear case of demonic possession if she's cutting a pentagram into someone and calling it her mark.