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Originally Posted by sloth2946
Considering the mental and psychological damage that happens to people who are abused/raped/victimized as a child and how it cascades into every facet of their life from that point forward, I'd say they have essentially killed that person as they can mostly never make a full recovery without the scars that the abuse has done to them. I wonder what the suicide rate is amongst those who were victimized as children...that should be a telling sign as to how badly this affects them and how putting the perpetrator to death is an equal and fair punishment.
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I can speak to that, as a survivor of sexual abuse. Perpetrators get light sentences because the crime is "non-violent". Tell that to a 47 year old man who still has nightmares because his offender was never caught. I'm a good and decent man, with a great family and wonderful friends, but the kid I was is dead, and stayed dead from aged 12 to age 41. Despite the therapy, the support, and the passing of time, the fact that they still live every day means part of you dies every day.
It took me three decades to really move past being a victim to a survivor and an advocate. I love my life now, but I still wonder who I had a chance to be, before...
I can't forgive my abuser, and yes, I'd kill him in a heartbeat, because studies PROVE these guys never change.
