1 dead after NC grandfather fires back at trio in attempted rape of teen granddaughter, sheriff says

[linuxman]

9. Personally

I like to imagine that the one who bled out in the stolen car had a moment of clarity before he died. A single moment of realization to come over him like a cold, wet blanket just before he died. An indelible and immeasurably heavy lesson to take with him into the great beyond. "I died because I wanted to rob and rape. That's all anyone will ever remember about me".

I'm sure his friends will have time to experience something similar in the years to come. I doubt they will. People like this aren't like normal folks. I used to believe they all were, but in recent years I honestly have come to believe that the kind of people who'd kill and rape aren't capable of truly feeling sorry for what they did. Sorry for being caught, but not for what they did. Personal experience has made me into something of a cynic, I'm afraid.