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- inactive, on 03/27/2008, -5/+202Holy *****... WTF was he thinking? They ought to put him in a microwave and hit the "Baked Potato" button.
- americangoy, on 03/27/2008, -3/+121Uhhh...
some of the stupidity and evil in the world is really too much even for cynical old me - asskicker32, on 03/27/2008, -21/+123that man should get the death penalty. Thats inexcusable.
- ChrisF79, on 03/27/2008, -10/+103Only 25 years? This highlights the flaws in our legal system.
- Septimus, on 03/27/2008, -10/+79I hope he is raped. A lot. Daily. With any object.
- Accolade1, on 03/27/2008, -14/+68Electric chair anyone?
- BinaryFragger, on 03/27/2008, -2/+50And he'll probably be out in what, 9 or 10 years?
Maybe he would have received a life sentence if he downloaded MP3s and movies after microwaving her. - Lanketer, on 03/27/2008, -2/+43What would posses somone to do that?
- yoshitomi, on 03/27/2008, -3/+36after actually reading the article, I regret posting that.
- sponeil, on 03/27/2008, -2/+34"Just before putting her in the microwave, Mauldin had punched the baby and put her in the hotel-room safe and refrigerator. They also said Mauldin had a history of violence and of lying about being mentally ill to get out of trouble."
Then he went on to lie about the burns at the hospital. Sorry, but I'm with the lynchers here. People with a history of extreme violence like this do not need to be "cured". They need to be put down. - inactive, on 03/27/2008, -4/+35I'm just glad the jury rejected the old "I was insane!" excuse. It seems all it takes to get out of murder these days is claiming "temporary insanity" and suddenly this shroud of taboo is placed over you...
- Harabeck, on 03/27/2008, -4/+29Not close enough. We need to make him a giant microwave and put him to death inside of that. The punishment should fit the crime.
- jp3550, on 03/27/2008, -8/+33That's it?....
- tortfeasor, on 03/27/2008, -4/+25He looks like a guy that would nuke a baby.
http://a.abcnews.com/images/TheLaw/ap_mauldin_0803 ... - pikon, on 03/27/2008, -3/+24I think the "eye for an eye" brand of justice would be appropriate here. As a father of a 17-month-old, I can't even begin to fathom WTF went on in this guy's head.
- micro23, on 03/27/2008, -8/+28I literally almost vomited when I read this story. I got 2 paragraphs in an had to turn away. I have a great stomach. This is just purely sickening. This man should have been given life or the death penalty. Just truly horrifying.
The fact that any of you are even making jokes about this is disturbing. - slsashrk, on 03/27/2008, -5/+24Welcome to Costco, I love you...
This is just more proof that the gene pool needs another dose of chlorine. - inactive, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18Seriously? You just hit enter in your text box, and you appeared to do it just fine...
- GUTTS, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18I can't believe this *****. I'm a father myself and hearing this stuff is just so ***** insane, it's disgusting. He isn't insane. He was in a loveless marriage and because he didn't have the guts to leave or divorce he takes it out on a baby. No, he isn't insane. He's what you call a coward and a pussy.
- BlaenkDenum, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18Microwaving a baby, that's disgusting, beyond disturbing, I actually shivered. With all the horror we see in the news on a regular basis, most of us have grown insensitive to many things, but this actually gets me.
- BOFH2, on 03/27/2008, -1/+19According to his criminal record he has used that excuse to get out of trouble quite a few times.
- nihilite, on 03/27/2008, -1/+19Just because youre mentally insane doesnt mean you arent dangerous. What rehabilitation is really possible for a person who puts their own child in a microwave?
You'd shoot a rabid dog; how is that different? - Harabeck, on 03/27/2008, -2/+19Child abusers are absolutely hated by other inmates in prison. Hopefully he wont last that long.
- jspegele, on 03/27/2008, -3/+20Screw that. I hope he gets ass raped every day for the next 25 years.
- DSM1Love, on 03/27/2008, -1/+16After the 25 years he spends in jail he should spend the rest of his life in a mental institution. He must really have some mental issues to do something like that.
- badqat, on 03/27/2008, -6/+21Yep, this is definitely a time where the punishment should be the same as the crime...
- akurashy, on 03/27/2008, -3/+17Just thinking about it is gross... my god the sentence should be a lifetime.. it's beyond cruelty..
- Pilot85, on 03/27/2008, -1/+14Xochitl Vandiver. That is an awesome name. Looks like someone just mashed keys on a keyboard to come up with it.
- Procure, on 03/27/2008, -6/+19*doesn't
Digg me down! :-/ - StolenLamp, on 03/27/2008, -3/+14I guess you may not be able to tell yet, but does anyone know if there was any brain damage or internal problems? This is a very sad story, but it made me curious as to what the repercussions were, other than the burns and the ear thing. Oh, and that guy should be put in the same prison they put Dahmer in, because we all (except for a few) know what happened to him ;)
- angusmancan, on 03/27/2008, -5/+15Everyone also knows you're a douche
- asskicker32, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11Im not being tough on mentally ill people, he has a history of this... LIke I said, I dont think there is any excuse... for PUTTING A BABY IN THE MICROWAVE AND TRYING TO COOK IT.
- Mootabolife, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11"She will always for the rest of her life be reminded just by looking in a mirror," Vandiver said.
***** that dude, this is sick. - pilgrim3970, on 03/27/2008, -3/+13should have been sentenced to hanging from the neck until dead.
- inactive, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11I'm glad he got his, and he'll be getting even more in Prison, ***** bastard.
- fejjfunklamella, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1125 years? Whatever. Give him 25 minutes in the prison's Gen Pop play yard while the guards have a "meeting". He won't last more than 5 minutes.
- davidg11, on 03/27/2008, -2/+12I agree. My first born just turned 3 yrs. This reminds me of the story I read on Digg about the guy who used a taser on his 2 yr old to "toughen him up". WTF people. WTF? Can we just put these nuts into a large room complete with tasers and commercial sized microwaves and guns and say, "Have at it dumbasses"?
- vcudigg, on 03/27/2008, -12/+22This is why some states have the death penalty!
- lhughey, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10The picture of the balif (sp) behind him is priceless. He looks like "I can't wait to get take him to his cell and whoop his ass".
- MiDri, on 03/27/2008, -1/+10But what if you get a killers arm, and it yerns to kill some more! OH GOD THE HORROR!
- Darkhacker, on 03/27/2008, -2/+11I happen to suffer from severe depression and most of my teen years (I'm currently 18) were me thinking about suicide, but, I had the occasional moment where I was homicidal. It feels so weird to say that. I'm on medication now and I'm like a totally different person. Wellbutrin has clearly saved my life. It's a miracle drug for me and I'm in complete amazement at how such a medication can change my personality and thoughts so radically. Prozac (which I tried for a few days early on in my treatment) ***** me up bad! It had the opposite effect of Wellbutrin and made me 100x worse. If you could see me on Prozac and compare that to me on Wellbutrin you'd be amazed at how such drugs can change a person.
It's so hard to describe my reasoning though because it's not something that can be rationally explained when I'm of a sane mind. I remember trying to rationalize murder by thinking that they deserve it for hurting me and wanting them to feel as bad as I did. I was also seeking attention. It wasn't the kind of attention where I just wanted people to just look at me; I didn't act up in class or anything like that. It was the kind of attention where I wanted people to think about the effect I had. Everyone else was doing amazing things like joining sports team, going to prom, and getting praise from their friends. Acting up in class would get attention but it wouldn't get the reaction I was looking for. I wanted people to know that I had an *effect* on the world. That was the key. Killing someone changes their life and their family/friends' lives forever. Acting up in class would be forgotten in five minutes.
I felt so alone. This is going to sound really backwards, but I also thought that if I killed someone I would get their sympathy (as opposed to anger). People knew I was depressed but they didn't do anything about it. It took my parents years before they finally got me on medication. If they hadn't, I probably would have either killed myself to end the suffering or killed someone else by now. Killing another would let them know how serious I was about the pain I was feeling. People knew I was depressed, but I don't think they knew how bad the pain was.
I'm doing excellent now. I'm going to college, have a few friends, and I even had a short relationship. It only lasted about a month, but I had never even kissed someone before because I was so depressed. I'm happy that I at least had the experience of being intimate with someone, even if it didn't last (better to have love and lost, than to have never loved at all).
I can't remember much else about what I was thinking. I'm sure there were other lines of reasoning I used to justify murder. I just can't think of them right now because the thought process that would lead me to such crazy thinking is no longer there. - Conwaysb0718, on 03/27/2008, -3/+12I am of the opinion there are a lot of people out there who deserve death.
- inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -5/+13or EVERY object...
- jspegele, on 03/27/2008, -2/+10Poor guy. Let's coddle him, put him on prozac and throw him back out in the world the make more babies.
- fizzak, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9Anyone watch the show Dexter? This guy would be good canididate for Dex's table o' flesh.
- i4ybrid, on 03/27/2008, -18/+25Read the damn article, the guy has had mental illness. Everyone around him including himself was responsible for letting him take care of a baby girl.
It is sort of unfair to give him 25 years for being insane at the time. The digg headline is misleading and is written that way to stir your emotions.
In the article it says he's had a mental illness since he was young. - reginaldino, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9i had an image of a person pop into my head whilst reading the title. Turns out i'm a racist or i assumed it was the same guy that killed his child over an xbox
- hadak, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9He hit the baby, stuffed it in a safe, then a fridge, then a microwave? Someone needs to make sure he's served a fate worse than death.
- putergirl, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8I agree, build a bigger microwave.
- sumdog, on 03/27/2008, -3/+10I've always wondered about this. What causes serial killers to do what they do. Someone I graduated with, Phillip Badouski, killed both of his parents with a shotgun and cut up their bodies with a chainsaw. He was mentally ill; the judge and defense attorney though he may have been schizophrenic. But to be put in a mental institution for life, he would have had to go through a trial and he didn't want to put his family though that.
Some of these people are mentally ill. Some have done way too many drugs. Some are just evil, have knowledge of right and wrong and chose to do what's evil and wrong anyway.
What about interrogators who torture US held prisoners? ..the ones who put people on boxes while dousing them with freezing water, putting them in stress positions where they are chained to the floor and forced to listen to 150+ db music for 10 hours at a time and have to piss and defecate where they are chained? Are these people evil? They are following orders..sorta...
What are we capable of if given a black check to do so? What will we do if authority makes us? What about the Stanley Milgram studies? How much say do we truly have over our own actions.
One final though. If the people in the Stanley Milgram experiment had actually been administering electric shock and killed the people on the other side of that wall...who would be held responsible? Who should be? -
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