About Anne

It must all be my fault. I must be completely crazy. And stupid. And not legally knowledgeable. But I still have a few questions that won't leave me alone.

Why, why, WHY does someone get a reduced sentence? Why does Michael P. get 11 years in prison in 2010 and suddenly attend a family birthday in 2017? As if nothing happened? If I get a fine, it really doesn't get any less. Even if I say sorry a hundred times. And my girlfriend's student debt doesn't get any less over time either. Then they say: you did your best, three-quarters is paid off, you said you would manage your money well so we won't talk about it anymore. I know I'm comparing apples to oranges. My moral is that nowhere in life is a decision revisited except when it comes to dangerous criminals. To people who have made it clear in every way that they are untrustworthy. Who have been saying since they were seven: I am dangerous. Stay away.

A few more questions that I can't believe. Did Michael P. have a relationship with a supervisor? Is this really true? And with a fellow patient? At the same time? And is she really pregnant? What will happen to that child? What will you tell that new life later? Just about your father.

At the age of seven, he was expelled from school, in high school he started stealing. He became addicted. He set expensive cars on fire. He threatened his brother. He stabbed a hiker in the back and ran off with his phone. Then followed two ‘relentless’ rapes. Would you also rather not know what ‘relentless’ means in this case?

Why does someone get leave? Unsupervised leave? Why is this clinic open? I'm just asking. Maybe I don't understand it all. It must be right-wing again. Politically incorrect and unnuanced.

Someone next to me says that the death penalty should be reinstated. I think that's going too far. But I understand the sentiment. Another thinks castration is appropriate. It shouldn't be necessary. If we at least maintain the level of punishment. Or give life sentences. In a humane environment because everyone deserves that. Monsters have become this way, not born this way. I still want to believe that.

Lawyers will probably dismiss my questions. And people who work in probation will too. But in the meantime, Anne Faber is dead. Very dead. Unnecessarily deceased. In the bud of her bloom. They say the sun will shine this weekend. In our hearts, it rains harder than we have been able to.