This is relevant, I think:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn29...hilia.html
While it mightn't make what has happened okay, it's possible (if a slim chance) that the perpetrator's judgement / control was compromised. What if one of us suddenly became sexually attracted to children? Would you seek help immediately? "Yeah, I think about children and they turn me on." - can you imagine confessing that to anyone? It may be that someone thinks they can keep those desires at bay, not realising that if they continue going untreated they'll get worse. Again, I'm not saying this is a frequent occurrence or that it's happened in the mentioned case, but what if it did? Best to know as many details as you can before you sentence someone, especially when it's a death sentence.
Quote:The sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia exhibited by a 40-year-old man was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors have told a scientific conference. And once the tumour had been removed, his sex-obsession disappeared.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn29...hilia.html
While it mightn't make what has happened okay, it's possible (if a slim chance) that the perpetrator's judgement / control was compromised. What if one of us suddenly became sexually attracted to children? Would you seek help immediately? "Yeah, I think about children and they turn me on." - can you imagine confessing that to anyone? It may be that someone thinks they can keep those desires at bay, not realising that if they continue going untreated they'll get worse. Again, I'm not saying this is a frequent occurrence or that it's happened in the mentioned case, but what if it did? Best to know as many details as you can before you sentence someone, especially when it's a death sentence.
