Rod Matthews
I am very much torn on this case, not in what occurred with the crime, who the perpetrator was, or even whether anything was done illegally, but in where this case should go today after nearly thirty-five years. I am very much a proponent of looking at a person and not just the crime when it comes to criminals. Now obviously there are cases in which I find to be so heinous that I just cannot see how someone can ever be redeemed. If Rod Matthews would have been an adult when this crime occurred I would definitely be less torn but he was only fourteen years old at the time, in fact, I was also fourteen in 1986 when this crime occurred. Before I get into the case I want to address something that I feel passionately about but is also controversial when it comes to the general public. I have gotten into many “arguments” with people over my belief that human nature and eras in history can dictate how a person acts in situations. The case in which I have had the most debates in this ar...