Abigail Glover Dr. Craton HONS March 5, 2023, In Cold Blood Justice was served to Dick and Perry after their killing of the Clutters, as the saying goes “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” The Clutter’s had been murdered by Dick and Perry so Dick and Perry received the death penalty. Dick had a normal childhood with loving parents. He had no motive to murder the Clutter family once he knew there was no safe with money. Dick knew how to manipulate and get what he wanted. He was who Perry saw as a masculine man, someone to not be crossed, but who Perry looked up to. Perry noted that Dick was not a good role model, but still sought his approval causing him to lie about committing murder which got him roped into going with Dick to murder …show more content…
Consequently, that does not mean that everyone will react or repent the same way. People say punishment needs to fit the crime, while I say that it needs to fit the person for maximum effect on behavior to cause a change. Someone given the death sentence such as Perry already had family members who committed suicide, meaning he very well could have wanted to die to not have to live with the guilt. Then there are others who, if given a life instead of death sentence, would go right back to killing and breaking the law as soon as they were out of jail or even while still in jail. However, I still believe that justice was served as in the American justice system, we must not give different sentences for the same crime and same level of …show more content…
Watson. This is why they were not seen as sick because psychological illnesses were not as big as they are now. Sadly, I do not think Dick and Perry could have received an insanity plea due to what they did and the fact that they can still make cognizant decisions. They still would have been diagnosed with mental illnesses instead of being seen as healthy which at the very least would have brought awareness of the mental illnesses they had alerting people to get help before they become like Dick and