<p>^I know what you mean. I'm not one to get freaked out by scary/gory movies and find some of them to be pretty enjoyable. But what made those movies enjoyable was the screen that always let you know that it was all fiction. </p>
<p>However, knowing something similar happened in real life is really, really sickening and heartbreaking.</p>
<p>This is the only time I have ever seen such a strong reaction and calls to legalise (however perfunctory) capital punishment and the like. It certainly made me reconsider my views on the matter.</p>
<p>i think i hear more about victimized students from columbia than from any other univeristy in new york.</p>
<p>That's horrible.</p>
<p>I can't even find words to say any more.</p>
<p>"i think i hear more about victimized students from columbia than from any other univeristy in new york."</p>
<p>This was a sickening, random occurrence that in no way reflects the safety of Columbia's campus. Furthermore, the victim lived about 25 blocks North of Columbia--far away from campus security's reach. Don't use this as an example to demean the school--it could have happened anywhere. God knows how many cases like these are swept under the rug because the victims have neither the support nor the resources to carry them through</p>
<p>the eyelids part was really gruesome. I have never been a supporter of the death penalty, but I think it's really warranted in this case.</p>
<p>I don't think this case is a good enough reason to want to keep the death penalty. Personally I'd prefer this guy rot in jail for the rest of his life and if his inmates ever found out what he did, well, then he's in for a lot of torture himself. </p>
<p>For me, that's a lot better of a punishment than simply letting die. He needs to suffer....(sorry if I come across as a bit sadistic in this post but this incident just made me really angry)</p>
<p>Since when is jail with game rooms, movie nights, fully equipped gym rooms, libraries, in some cases single cells with cable TV, and i'm guessing in this case 5-14 hours of therapy a week, considered suffering?</p>
<p>Not to mention possibility of parole.</p>
<p>I'm sorry but this may be the first case I've ever been so pro death penalty on.</p>
<p>^Not necessarily suffering from his living conditions but from his other inmates. We've all heard the stories about what they do to pedophiles and rapists, so just imagine what they'd do to this guy. </p>
<p>I just feel like there should be a better way to punish him as death seems like the easy way out.</p>
<p>"We've all heard the stories about what they do to pedophiles and rapists, so just imagine what they'd do to this guy. "</p>
<p>or, just as likely, what he'd do to them. There's no need to torture our prisoners further, even if many deserve it, it isn't part of due process. This case certainly made me reassess the death penalty.</p>
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<p>Those occurrences are one-in-a-million cases. Literally. Unless they confess their crimes to other parties, the prison itself is not legally allowed to disclose it. For every pedophile getting the tar smacked out of him at recess are 100 others watching Forrest Gump and reading all day.</p>
<p>I really wonder how the victim's doing.</p>
<p>that was horrible. my god.</p>
<p>arghhhhhhhh this story makes me so mad.. It's so disgusting. That son of a *****! He should be tortured 19 hrs every day till he dies.</p>
<p>I wish the best for the victim.</p>
<p>btw, is capital punishment legal in US? (or in new york) I'm from Canada so I don't know much.</p>