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Originally Posted by Dezzy

The man kidnapped them and did all sorts to them over a number of years, I doubt they'll be crying over his death. He's not going to bother anyone again and now everyone affected by him can now move on knowing that. If he wants to subject himself to an eternity of nothingness then let him, it saves the state some resources either way.

Also don't get personal now, MM&I.

I disagree, I think if you'd been locked up against your will for a decade you wouldn't be able to just move on, knowing that that same man had taken his own life to avoid facing the consequences of his actions. You'd feel cheated. One of those women spoke at his trial and she was looking forward to seeing him be locked up and now she won't get that satisfaction. I think if anything this will devastate them. He fathered a child with one of the women. He was all they knew for 10 years. This is not as straight forward as "oh well, everyone can move on now, he's not hurting anyone anymore." That simply isn't true. What he did to those women will hurt them for a very long time to come, especially the one who had a child with him because she will look at her child every day and see parts of him there.

How very cold to look at it from the point of view of saving the tax payers some money. I'm sure people would gladly spend their taxes on keeping someone like that locked up for the rest of his life. I know I would. As for calling his suicide cowardly - I don't think the actual act of suicide is cowardice; but the fact he chose to kill himself instead of repenting for what he did is sheer cowardice. What an awful, awful human being. I can't even begin to imagine how those women must feel today, knowing that their tormentor got the easy way out and they've been left with lives in tatters. I'm so devastated for them.