Laece
Bring it on down to Omelette-ville-ahhh!
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I really don't think that G and C think they are doing anything wrong.
It reminds me of a lot of someone I know personally. Her father killed her mother, was convicted and went to jail for it and everything. She still 'believes' he is innocent because he is her father and he is all she has now. Even after his pre-parole confession, she believes he is innocent and explains away his confession by saying 'it's the only way they would let him out of jail, he had no choice but to confess'.
But she isn't blind to the facts and evidence--deep down she knows the truth but can't or won't let herself believe it, if that makes sense. So she is still a victim of the event no matter what she chooses to believe. Her mother is still dead, her father is still a murderer.
I think that's where G and C are. They won't let themselves think Casey did it because they simply can't.
So in this respect, they are victims for losing the life of their grand-daughter and for ever being put in this position in the first place. It is just hard to think of them in a role that induces sympathy because of how they have handled this whole situation since very shortly after the beginning.
We want them to be as outraged, disgusted, and angry as we are. We expect them to be more so, actually. But now they are banding together and rallying around Casey and keeping themselves busy with the thoughts of helping her, not only to convince us she is innocent, but also to convince themselves. And the more everyone goes against them, the more alone they feel, and the more they believe they are right in what they are doing.
It reminds me of a lot of someone I know personally. Her father killed her mother, was convicted and went to jail for it and everything. She still 'believes' he is innocent because he is her father and he is all she has now. Even after his pre-parole confession, she believes he is innocent and explains away his confession by saying 'it's the only way they would let him out of jail, he had no choice but to confess'.
But she isn't blind to the facts and evidence--deep down she knows the truth but can't or won't let herself believe it, if that makes sense. So she is still a victim of the event no matter what she chooses to believe. Her mother is still dead, her father is still a murderer.
I think that's where G and C are. They won't let themselves think Casey did it because they simply can't.
So in this respect, they are victims for losing the life of their grand-daughter and for ever being put in this position in the first place. It is just hard to think of them in a role that induces sympathy because of how they have handled this whole situation since very shortly after the beginning.
We want them to be as outraged, disgusted, and angry as we are. We expect them to be more so, actually. But now they are banding together and rallying around Casey and keeping themselves busy with the thoughts of helping her, not only to convince us she is innocent, but also to convince themselves. And the more everyone goes against them, the more alone they feel, and the more they believe they are right in what they are doing.