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I'd call it justice, myself.

"MacDonald stabbed Theriault in the neck with a homemade knife. Afterwards, he walked to the guards' station, handed them the knife and proclaimed, 'That piece of **** is down on the range. Here's the knife, I've sliced him up.'"

Roch Thériault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roch "Moïse" Thériault (May 16, 1947 – February 26, 2011) was the leader of a small religious group based near Burnt River, Ontario, Canada. Between 1977 and 1989 he held sway over as many as 12 adults and 22 children, he had 26 children when he passed, fathering the other 4 during visits in prison from some of the "wives." He used all of the nine women as concubines, and may have fathered most of the children in the group.[1]
He was arrested for assault in 1989, and convicted of murder in 1993. At the time of his death in 2011 he was continuing to serve out a life sentence, having been denied parole in 2002. Along with Clifford Olsen and Paul Bernardo, Thériault was considered one of Canada's most notorious criminals.[2]
During his reign, Thériault mutilated several members. He once used a meat cleaver to chop off the hand and part of the arm of Gabrielle Lavallée, one of his concubines, also removing eight of her teeth. He was accused of castrating a 2-year-old boy, as well as at least one adult male, and of murdering his legal spouse, Solange Boilard, by disembowelment, purportedly while trying to perform surgery on her, in 1988.[3][4]
The group was based primarily on religious themes, such as women's obedience to men, polygamy, harsh punishments, the righteousness of the leader and the sinfulness of the followers, and living miracles. Thériault was called "father (papy)" and re-christened all members with biblical names. He also claimed to be a reincarnation of the prophet Moses, and demanded the respect appropriate for such a figure. He allegedly tried to resurrect a woman he had killed by sawing the top off her corpse's skull and masturbating into the cavity.[1]
Thériault was able to persuade his followers to sell their belongings, sever ties with their families, and move to a commune near Burnt River, about 100 km northeast of Toronto. Thériault convinced the women that all of them were his wives, and that they should bear him children. Even while he was in prison, three of his wives continued conjugal visits and two of the three bore him more children.
I hope Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik meets a similar fate.
  • Profile picture of the author flowbee77
    This proves is that if you live by violence, you will die by violence [sic].

    Karma, balance, newtonian law, call it whatever you like; it always comes around back to you.

    live a good honest life and you will receive a good honest life; live a violent one and you will die a violent one (even if its just an emotionally violent death, rather than physical, it will always happen).
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
      Without knowing exactly what death entails and how he felt emotionally, I couldn't really judge if justice has been served.

      His murder might of been a veiled favour to him.

      I'd sooner have a person locked up with their thoughts than put them to rest or gamble on having him pass onto whatever might be...
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