BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.

Subject: RE: BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:59 AM

Not all Sutcliffe's victims were prostitutes anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:47 AM

I remember anger and outrage, especially from women.

Subject: RE: BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.
From: Divis Sweeney
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:43 AM

Strange because I did. I remember reading in the papers at the time the initial fears and reactions of all women living in the area seemed to ease somewhat after it became clear all his victims were working women.

A lot of people sadly tended to take the attitude it was a risk that came with the job. Had they been traffic wardens or police women I would image there would have been a greater outcry.

Ah sure Keith, what would a thick paddy know about it anyway !

Subject: RE: BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.
From: 3refs
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:42 AM

There is a person in B.C. that has been associated with dozens of murders. He has recently been formally charged with 7, I think.

I understand the arguments for the abolition of capital punishment. Removing the possibility of executing an innocent person is the most prevalent.

So, let's change the criteria. A person shall not be executed on the sole basis of circumstantial evidence. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable at best. But if the guy is caught on video, at the scene, standing over the dead body(bodies)with the barrel of the gun still smoking, I say introduce him to "Old Sparky"!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:13 AM

I did not notice a lack of sympathy, national or otherwise.

Subject: BS: Looks like another 'Ripper' out there.
From: Divis Sweeney
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 07:06 AM

Sad news again this morning that another young prostitute has been murdered. Police say a fourth woman missing and hasn't not been seen since late on Saturday.

Sadly the last time this happened in the late 1970's, I noted a national lack of sympathy because of their profession. We shouldn't judge anyone. They are people and still have a right to life.

Let's hope the police make a better job of this case than they did of the last Ripper one.