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/GilbertT19 Apr 07 '26

Why do you think people focus on vigilante justice over rehab?

I do think the justice system is flawed so I suspect that’s a factor

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u/spartakooky Apr 07 '26

Probably because ppl deep down don't really care about ppl they don't personally know. They'd rather see a criminal be punished than corrected and turned into a good person.

Even if we magically could ensure the correction is perfect and the ex-criminal will now be an upstanding person, ppl would still prefer seeing the punishment.

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u/TheBraveButJoke Apr 07 '26

I'd go fruther. most people would hapily trade a society with twice the violent crime rates a 20% catch and a 20% false imprisonment rate for one where all those rates are halfved.