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DISCUSSION PAGE FOR MICHAEL MEHAS’
STOLEN BOY
On March 8, 2005, the day Brazilian Federal Police captured Jesse James Hollywood 60 miles outside of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Mehas’ work on Stolen Boy suddenly took on a heavy pathos. His research had led him to meet with many of the key players involved in the real-life tragedy, and Hollywood’s arrest caused Michael to experience conflicting emotions he had difficulty sorting through. On the one hand, he empathized greatly with the tumultuous emotions the victim’s family had to be feeling at that moment. He could also understood the sorrow Hollywood’s family must have felt for their son––who had been tirelessly on the run for nearly five years––and would now face a serious battle with the state of California for his right to live. Two days later, when law enforcement authorities transported Hollywood back to the US, Michael met with Jesse’s father, Jack Hollywood, who was in custody, having been arrested on drug charges just before Jesse got nabbed in Brazil. From behind iron-meshed windows Michael told Jack Hollywood that the author needed to meet with Jesse’s lawyer, in hopes of gaining access to his client to derive greater insight into certain issues dramatized in Mehas’ book. For his efforts, the author got much more than he bargained for
To be continued….
“He could also understood the sorrow Hollywood’s family must have felt for their son––who had been tirelessly on the run for nearly five years––and would now face a serious battle with the state of California for his right to live.”
Sorrow? A family that feels sorrow because their son can no longer run from his problems, can no longer refuse to accept responsibility for his actions?
I have no sorrow for a family who grieves over the enactment of justice. Need we search any further for the origins of Jesse Hollywood’s behavior than such perverted thinking?
I do, however, feel sorrow for a family whose perspectives are so profoundly skewed.
Amen. “–who had been tirelessly on the run for nearly five years” duh because he was the mastermind behind a murder of an innocent 15 year old. Putting him to death for his crime would be the only just ending to this. You suggest we put him in prison for life where he can become hardened criminal and then become something far worse than he ever was? Hmm 2 sides of the coin… 1) he could learn, repent, and become a decent part of society say after 40 years of incarceration… or 2) he could become a student of the mayhem of prison life and come out far worse and this time kill your daughter after raping her. Which do you prefer? I wouldn’t bank on the first… If he is found guilty… he should burn and I hope he does. Hatred? Nope, justice and sound sleep at night.