Re: 2002 murder suspect located via MSN Map search

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:16:51 CST, Paul Schmehl said:
> So why did the suspect hang himself in prison?  Didn't like the food?

In feudal Japan, hari-kiri (ritual self-disembowlment) was the proper response
for losing face over much less important matters.

And in today's society, an amazing number of people put a bullet through their
head just because they get fired from their job and are looking at financial
ruin.  It's not at all surprising that getting arrested pushes some people over
the edge while they're sitting in a jail cell for something they didn't do,
with no idea how they were going to afford bail, much less a competent defense
attorney (which can easily get into the hundreds of thousands of dollars very
quickly), and knew that even if they *did* beat the rap they'd still be
followed by whispers for the rest of their life...  Suddenly, doing something
creative with their belt starts looking reasonable....

If the guy hanged himself, it's not a confession of guilt (unless he left an
actual signed confession) - it only proves he couldn't deal with the fact that
he was accused....

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