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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to get redemption after committing a heinous crime...? [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)the sentiments expressed here are not ugly for the most part, just realistic. What they did was ugly.
We all hope that there's a Hollywood ending somewhere (for killers and for us mere sinners). But the reality is that there usually isn't.
To say that there is no redemption possible in this lifetime for these guys does not mean they should be killed for it or even that they should not be "forgiven." It just means that if you can do what they did, you don't have the mental and emotional capacity to achieve such a lofty, wishful, and abstract goal. The best you can hope for is disassociation from the self that did the deeds and not commit more crimes.
I'm not coming at this from a religious angle & don't claim to know what happens to them on any kind of ultimate judgement day. Only talking about the prospects in this life.