Why do these leftie SJWs get such a self-righteous smugness when applying their attitudes to events of 80+ years ago? Could it be that the dead are easier targets who don't argue back?
Ted, even eighty years ago, people were horrified at such an obvious miscarriage of justice. I'm not sure that reburying her remains achieves anything though.
Rowdy - quite right And Bywaters took full responsibility for the killing. The letters were clearly a fantasy. Hanging someone for a fantasy was pretty repugnant even in the 1920s.
"Could it be that the dead are easier targets who don't argue back?"
It's a way of saying 'Look, we are much more sophisticated these days. Why, we don't think killers should even be behind bars!'
"The description of her hanging is very distressing."
I wasn't familiar with this case, so looked it up. The suspicion that she was pregnant seems to have been merely that. She clearly had some underlying health condition though.
"The letters were clearly a fantasy. Hanging someone for a fantasy was pretty repugnant even in the 1920s."
Are we better as a society now than we were then, as a result? I do wonder.
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Why do these leftie SJWs get such a self-righteous smugness when applying their attitudes to events of 80+ years ago? Could it be that the dead are easier targets who don't argue back?
Ted, even eighty years ago, people were horrified at such an obvious miscarriage of justice. I'm not sure that reburying her remains achieves anything though.
She should not have been hanged, as Bywaters was the killer, but she did write a number of incriminating letters.
The description of her hanging is very distressing.
Rowdy
Rowdy - quite right And Bywaters took full responsibility for the killing. The letters were clearly a fantasy. Hanging someone for a fantasy was pretty repugnant even in the 1920s.
"Could it be that the dead are easier targets who don't argue back?"
It's a way of saying 'Look, we are much more sophisticated these days. Why, we don't think killers should even be behind bars!'
"The description of her hanging is very distressing."
I wasn't familiar with this case, so looked it up. The suspicion that she was pregnant seems to have been merely that. She clearly had some underlying health condition though.
"The letters were clearly a fantasy. Hanging someone for a fantasy was pretty repugnant even in the 1920s."
Are we better as a society now than we were then, as a result? I do wonder.
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