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Blame discussion

Steven Williams pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of Coral Burrows after he spent five nights without sleep binging on P. People react with shock and want to spread the blame to the mother, to CYFS, to society and there are those who say that it is stupid to blame the drug, P, for the man's deeds, usually also beying for the death penalty.

The man pleads guilty and therefore he admits it was by his own agency and will that the girl's life was taken. Blame belongs with him, not others. There is no need to question the mother. One has to respect her dignity and let her get on with her life.

It is hard for those on the outside to enter into and judge the actions of others. Or that it is too easy to do so without understanding the problems the mother faced or to crticise her relationship with the accused before the murder.

Her main objective was to bring up kids. It is not her responsibility to inflict justice upon her boyfriend. How may of us would stand behind our closest even if the police were at the door?

"88 Convictions" - for what? If he was convicted of violent crimes one hopes that the mother understood. It is also likely that the criminal Williams was incredibly overbearing and threatening to her on a day to day basis.

The accused murderer pleaded guilty. There is no reason to find blame elsewhere - it is his fault no matter the lesser failings of others, be broke the essential boundary between civilised behaviour and that we wish to be protected from.

The role that P played was to destroy the value the man had. That destruction is a long slow and gradual process. Speed addiction leads to brain damage. P does it more quickly.

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