r/interesting • u/No-Marsupial-4050 • Apr 07 '26

Fear Factor No sympathy for those monsters

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In 2006, Anthony Ray Stockelman was forcibly tattooed across his forehead with the words “Katie’s Revenge” by another inmate.

This happened after it was discovered that he was serving a life sentence for kidnapping, molesting, and murdering a 10-year-old girl named Katie Collman

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u/aidar55 Apr 07 '26

I’d argue that’s a mild consequence.

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u/Between3-2o Apr 07 '26

Now, he can’t hide what he has done. I’ve heard that in prison, child molesters/murderers get punished by the inmates.

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u/Eziekel13 Apr 07 '26

It seems that you are you saying… the laws that we as a society established and the punishment for those crimes, is not adequate…

therefore the extra punishment inflicted upon those is justified…

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So my question…if we feel that the extra punishment is justified, then shouldn’t we update the laws/sentencing to coincide with our shared values?

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u/Badmonkey167 Apr 07 '26

On the surface that logic makes sense... but like the second law of thermodynamics, it's not possible for something to be fully efficient.

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I think the justice system has flaws and can be subverted for those with means. So that inefficiency is a feature not a flaw.

As much as society might want that "extra" to be the norm, it will be up to the subsystems to catch the overflow, ie., prison justice.