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kenoodo
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 Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: 'Chess Killer' sentenced to life |
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Moscow court sentences serial killer to maximum sentence of life in prison
Alexander Pichushkin was found guilty of killing 48 people
He was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment at the prison
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A Russian serial murderer dubbed the "Chessboard Killer" was given the maximum sentence of life in prison Monday and ordered to undergo psychiatric therapy for a string of at least 48 murders that terrorized Moscow for years.
A Moscow jury convicted Alexander Pichushkin last week of 48 murders and three attempted murders. Pichushkin claimed he had actually committed 60 murders, though prosecutors were unable to find evidence to prove that.
Pichushkin earned the nickname "Chessboard Killer" for saying he had intended to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard.
In ordering Pichushkin to receive compulsory psychiatric therapy, the judge said the defendant has a mental disorder but is still sane and cannot avoid responsibility for his crimes.
Throughout his trial, Pichushkin gloated over his crimes and ridiculed the police case against him.
"I was dismayed my work had been attributed to others," Pichushkin said. "In one week, I killed two people. If they hadn't caught me, I would have never stopped. Having caught me, they saved many lives."
For years until his arrest in June 2006, Pichushkin kept Moscow on edge, stalking the heavily forested Bitsa Park on the city's southern outskirts and preying on the homeless and elderly. Pichushkin claimed to have committed all but one of his murders in the park.
He lured his victims with the promise of alcohol and, after getting them drunk on vodka, he beat them to death and dumped their bodies in the park. It led Russian media to give Pichushkin his other nickname, the "Bitsa Maniac."
Over the years, Russian police recovered dozens of corpses, some with sticks and vodka bottles rammed into their skulls.
But the crucial lead came in 2005, when a woman Pichushkin worked with at a vegetable store was found dead. She had left a note at her home saying she was going for a walk with him.
Pichushkin said he had been aware of the note but killed her anyway.
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Sorry for a sad story.
Which would be merciful, death penalty or life long in prison? Lives have been lost, what is the point to have the mental patient in prison? Or who knows what wrong with that Chess Killer. To beat the drunk to death is not a normal entertainment, but this guy did it again and again until he has been caught.
Do you think there is an other better way to punish such criminal? |
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Necromis
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| Honestly it is a no win situation. If you sentence them to death then the end their life, but could also end their suffering, unless you believe in heaven and hell. The opposite is also true, if you keep them alive and lock them away for life you simple just give them free room and board and no suffering. |
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Rashy
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At least in prison there is Bubba to punish him prison style...
But I never understood the point of "life in prison." They just take up room and food (like Necromis said). I suppose they can make license plates and road signs at least...
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martinz
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Having him prison will protect the public especially those who weak, homeless and old. |
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Rashy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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It sounds like he was targeting young women and not homeless, weak, and old people though  And nobody would need protection from him if he was dead.
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kenoodo
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| martinz wrote: | | Having him prison will protect the public especially those who weak, homeless and old. |
That might be true, but no one can guarantee they won't come out again.  We have already witnessed what Scofield brothers could do, and they are working hard on this in Season three, I mean, again.
I believe that to carry out a prison break is not an easy task, but everything is possible. And to put these criminals into prison is not the only solution. |
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coralvalley
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| Honestly it seems like this guy clearly was out of his mind. Obviously you would have to wonder what kind of mental disorder would lead someone to rationalize why it would be alright to go on a killing spree and wipe out people as if they were pieces on a chess board. Clearly though the man has been ruled competent and that in itself says something. I cannot speak for the government that surrounds him, but even though it seems like there are so many horrible things he has done, it would seem as though a life in prison would be the right direction to go in so that he could think about what he has done and really weigh down the consequences of his actions. Unfortunately though it seems as though he has pondered long and hard just what he has done and clearly by the statements that he had made about murdering various people he really feels no remorse about the situation. I would imagine that prison would change a person so perhaps he would see his crimes in a different light, but chances are if he is as delusional as he sounds like he is right now about the murders that have taken place over a span of time perhaps he will never truly see the error of his ways. A death penalty would seem like the option to go with in that situation, but really in the end it is truly a no win situation. Unfortunately those lives that he had stolen from the people he had murdered cannot be returned and even though he will be forced to face the consequences of his crimes it seems as though he has no sense of remorse or regret about him and truly no cares other than he was a bit upset that he was caught, which is unfortunate that someone would be in that kind of mind set. |
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This guy really has mental problems, especially the fact the police tried to prosecute him for 48 murders, he says it's wrong and he killed 60 people.
Clearly a 'sane' person or someone a little bit insine wouldn't do that.
So I really think they guy's out of his mind, and I'm actually glad that he is now put away for live.
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marinaroz
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My god, that's some seriously insane psycho guy. Killing for entertainment and then gloating about it when he got caught? That definitely sounds mental. I just hope this one never gets released into public ever again.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Which would be merciful, death penalty or life long in prison? Lives have been lost, what is the point to have the mental patient in prison? Or who knows what wrong with that Chess Killer. To beat the drunk to death is not a normal entertainment, but this guy did it again and again until he has been caught.
Do you think there is an other better way to punish such criminal? |
Since you're asking for an opinion, I thought I'd give a repsonse. I don't really like the death penalty much, for a few reasons. I believe that he should be punished for what he did, but killing someone is so extreme it doesn't really help anything, it only makes things worse. I honestly hate the death penalty. He shouldn't be tortured for anything he did wrong. Punishment, and torture are two completly different things. I can't think of any better way to punish him, prison is the best way to handle these matters, I just wanted to state the fact that the death penalty, even if it is to protect people, is the most idiotic form of "Punishment".
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It is really strange as to what goes on the minds of such people what leads them to kill why so much of aggression .. one has to go into their upbrining the conditions that prevail in their childhood .. can we control such people by controlling their past would it be possible to seggregrate a possible pychopath at birth by studying such charachteristics It is evidently proven that pychopathic trends can be located by the Thematic Appreception tests and Roshards Ink Blot Test .. I guess a vigilance at that level will bring handsome dividends but will it be possible to maintain sucha large database that is the question ...
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sh0ck
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| It depends on the situation. I think that if someone with a mental illness kills someone, they shouldn't be executed, but allowed to live with their problem for the rest of their life without help. On the other hand, if the person was perfectly capable of knowing what they did, I believe in solitary confinement for life. |
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mcwkm
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| spock wrote: | This guy really has mental problems, especially the fact the police tried to prosecute him for 48 murders, he says it's wrong and he killed 60 people.
Clearly a 'sane' person or someone a little bit insine wouldn't do that.
So I really think they guy's out of his mind, and I'm actually glad that he is now put away for live. |
I'm not sure of the evidence that they had against him but to even attempt to prosecute for 48 murders, there had to be more than enough to convict him so he may have just wanted them to have the record right. He was proud of his work and wanted credit for all of it since he was caught. |
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