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Thought Crimes and the Cannibal Cop


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Dubbed "The Cannibal Cop," Gilberto Valle was convicted of conspiring to kidnap and eat young women based mostly on his online posts. Valle argued it was all a fantasy; the prosecution's narrative convinced jurors otherwise. Valle was facing a possible life sentence when filmmaker Erin Lee Carr began visiting him in prison.

After 22 months behind bars, his conviction was overturned. The film was there for his release and subsequent house arrest to examine a life arrested. But the question remains: given the chance, would he, could he, have done it? Should he have been sent to prison cause of his ramblings?

"Thought Crimes" unravels the conflicting stories of a 'potentially' dangerous man and the unexpected consequences of online activity.

Thoughts?

I Took The Liberty Of Fertilizing Your Caviar.
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Seems ridiculous that you can get convicted without having done anything or explicitly planned to do anything. But I guess the latter would depend on how realistic and thought out the "role-play" cannibalism was.

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Lol. Were the fantasies targeting a specific person? 

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you should not be put in jail for any form of speech whatsoever 

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you should be put in jail whenever you express wrongthink

A shadow not so dark.
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I think he was sorta following some girl in real life and focused his tangents on her but didn't do anything. He was married and had kids too but his wife left him when she she found out he wanted to eat women lol

I Took The Liberty Of Fertilizing Your Caviar.
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but his wife left him when she she found out he wanted to eat women lol

 I think he not only fantasized about eating women in general, he also fantasized about eating his wife. I can see how that's a bit of deal breaker lol.

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If he was that specific then a restraining order has grounds, but nothing more imo. And maybe he shouldn't be a cop, there is a psych eval thing, right? But serving jail without a crime is not very liberal and is very cowardly, since the motive for his incarceration is fear.

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The social shame of his posts leaking should be enough punishment 

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Jail seems a bit much. Maybe a visit by authorities for a psych evaluation first instead?

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