It has been said: Revenge is a dish best served cold. I don’t think I fully understood that phrase
until just recently. As my friends and
family can tell you, I am a True Crime addict.
I watch it on TV, I read, and I am even writing my first True Crime
book; something I have been seeing a lot of on the shows lately is cold cases
that have gotten solved after 10, 15, and even 20 years. Those are called “Cold Cases” because you
just don’t have any “hot” leads any longer and it takes a really good detective
with some really good eyes to see what was missed that long ago to solve these
cases.
I love it when they get down
to figuring out who done it and this person has changed their lifestyle. Let’s say they are being accused of killing
someone in 1990 and that that murder was the last thing they ever done wrong or
against the law … imagine their surprise when the detectives show up at their
door to talk to them about a case from way back then. Here they are in a home, with their wife and kids
(all of which came after that bad time period of their life) … and the cops
want to talk to you now. Wow, that just
has to be a shock. You know you did it …
you know the evidence is there if they looked hard enough … but you thought you
got away with it when they didn’t come see you back then. Now, they are going to rip your life apart
just as you done that person’s back in 1990.
If I was a friend or family
member of that person that was murdered, I would want them to let the suspect run
free as long as he can to start this new life.
I want him to be set up and have a cradle that can fall. I would want to devastate his life the way he
devastated my friends or family member.
Of course this would only work if the person tries to turn their life
around. If they don’t, then go ahead and
arrest and charge him … but if he shows signs of turning his life around, yes,
definitely wait as long as you can. Let’s
face it, people just don’t get life or even the death penalty for murder any
more … most of the time, they may only get 10 or 20 years … wouldn’t you want
those 10 or 20 years to come at the worst time possible in their life. I know I would.
That is just a thought I had
today.
