[lit-ideas] Re: Murder in two cultures
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:32:55 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Norman, our sojourner! We kept a light on in the window for you all this time
and you returned! What an interesting premise. I can't answer your question,
but I believe France has a "crime of passion" defense. Since we don't have
that, turning one's self in in France is less riskier than in the U.S., where a
jail term is guaranteed. Seems to me that whenever I hear about a man killing
his wife and/or kids in the U.S., he usually follows it by killing himself. I
can't think of any case in the US where a man killed his wife and then turned
himself in.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Norman Miller <nm1921@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Apr 11, 2007 9:43 PM
>To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [lit-ideas] Murder in two cultures
>
>Here's a problem I've been working on. US newspapers frequently
>report cases of men killing their wives, then turning themselves
>in. Presumably it happens in France, though I don't know. What
>I do know is that where murder followed by surrender shows up not
>infrequently in French literature and film (Julien Sorel,
>Lacenaire, etc.) I have not been able to find a single example in
>American fiction or films. If this is so there's room for some
>interesting speculation, but before wasting time on the latter it
>would be prudent to make sure that my survey of the American
>scene is accurate.
>
>I would therefore appreciate learning of any work of American
>imagination in which a murderer doesn't try to escape but instead
>surrenders to the state.
>
>Norman Miller
>
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