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I've read a number of stories like this over many years. The basic outline is the same. A woman meets a man who committed some unspeakably vile crime in his pas

I've read a number of stories like this over many years. The basic outline is the same. A woman meets a man who committed some unspeakably vile crime in his past, but now he appears to be fully reformed and a model citizen. She falls in love with him and marries him. Then he commits another unspeakably vile crime. That's just my observation. I don't know what, if any, conclusions can be drawn from it.

Practicality 10y ago
This sounds like standard psychopath behavior: https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
aetherson 10y ago
Stories of "A woman meets a man who committed some unspeakably vile crime in his past, but now he appears to be fully reformed and a model citizen, and in fact he is" are probably less newsworthy, so there's a selection bias in play here. I say that with the same agnosticism that you related your observation. I don't know whether such stories exist at all, or if they're a majority or a minority compared to the recidivist stories.
Someone 10y ago
Little, I would guess. If the "Then he commits another unspeakably vile crime" part weren't there, chances are you wouldn't read about it because it wouldn't be published.
scotty79 10y ago
My conclusion is that committing unspeakably vile crimes requires for human to be physically damaged and punishment doesn't address that. Sometimes time heals the damage but not always also the damage might reappear as offender gets older.
trhway 10y ago
>he appears to be fully reformed and a model citizen. She falls in love with him and marries him. Then he commits another unspeakably vile crime. it does seem like the guy has (i'm not a doctor, so this is just anonymous Internet banter obviously) some mental disorder. The switch between personalities is clearly described in the article and it is also noticeable that the targets of his assaults were women clearly older than him and falling into a ballpark of "teenager's mother" age. Somewhere in the future i hope we'd find a way to correct/repair broken psych machinery what today results in a murder, rapes and countless ruined lives...

Practicality 10y ago

This sounds like standard psychopath behavior: https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy

aetherson 10y ago

Stories of "A woman meets a man who committed some unspeakably vile crime in his past, but now he appears to be fully reformed and a model citizen, and in fact he is" are probably less newsworthy, so there's a selection bias in play here. I say that with the same agnosticism that you related your observation. I don't know whether such stories exist at all, or if they're a majority or a minority compared to the recidivist stories.

Someone 10y ago

Little, I would guess. If the "Then he commits another unspeakably vile crime" part weren't there, chances are you wouldn't read about it because it wouldn't be published.

scotty79 10y ago

My conclusion is that committing unspeakably vile crimes requires for human to be physically damaged and punishment doesn't address that. Sometimes time heals the damage but not always also the damage might reappear as offender gets older.

trhway 10y ago

>he appears to be fully reformed and a model citizen. She falls in love with him and marries him. Then he commits another unspeakably vile crime. it does seem like the guy has (i'm not a doctor, so this is just anonymous Internet banter obviously) some mental disorder. The switch between personalities is clearly described in the article and it is also noticeable that the targets of his assaults were women clearly older than him and falling into a ballpark of "teenager's mother" age. Somewhere in the future i hope we'd find a way to correct/repair broken psych machinery what today results in a murder, rapes and countless ruined lives...