THE MIND OF A MURDERER

There is a Reason Behind Everything

It is easy to judge incorrectly; it is not easy to judge correctly. After seeing the video “Mind of a Murderer,” I became aware that most of the time, human beings misinterpret others’ actions. We are often blind when it comes to judge people.

I myself have always criticized people by what they seem, not by what they really are. But, now I know that there is a reason behind everything – there is even an explanation behind a murderer’s actions.

Throughout my life, I have felt a deep grudge against criminals and their merciless assassinations. I used to believe that they had no feelings and that there was no valid justification for their crimes. But I was wrong.

According to Dr. Dorothy Lewis, there is an explanation for their criminal behavior. After conducting evaluations on the subject, she discovered that the three reasons behind their criminal behavior are: brain damage, abuse, and mental illnesses.

This discovery explains why 42 year-old Terrance Rainright killed his wife. After hearing his wife “flirting” on the phone, he stabbed her to death. Dr. Lewis studied Terrance’s case, which actually did match her studies. Terrance Rainright had brain damage from a car accident, his mother had abused him when he was a child, and he suffered from bipolarity and depression. As a child, Terrance had witnessed how his mother was sexually abused by his father and also how his mother stabbed her own husband.

Terrance’s case definitely proves Dr. Lewis’ theory. Assassins are not born, they are MADE. The environments in which they live have a negative influence on them. In spite of that, Terrance was sentenced to murder in the first degree. After seeing this video, I firmly believe that mentally unstable criminals should not be imprisoned; instead, they should seek psychiatric help. Punishing them in jail does not help them and it does not change anything.

The wrongdoings of an assassin have more to do with their brain damage than with their morality or evilness. Does that mean that they are innocent? That they should not be incarcerated? That they have morals?  Whatever the answer is, the murderers are people who are in a desperate need of help.

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