The PASSION OF THE CHRIST prompts murder confession

[Love_Spell_6]

Any thoughts??

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...5&id=352262004

Now Mel Gibson’s controversial film The Passion has been credited with solving a murder.

Texas detectives looking into the death of a teenager, Ashley

Nicole Wilson, in January had wrongly concluded she hanged herself after they found a suicide note.

But after sitting through the powerful two-hour film, Ms Wilson’s boyfriend, Dan Leach, felt the need to confess and turned himself in to Fort Bend County police.

He admitted staging the murder of his pregnant lover to look like a suicide after picking up the idea from a US crime show, but he was so moved by the film he could no longer keep the secret.

"He wanted redemption," said Detective Mike Kubricht of the Fort Bend sheriff’s office. "The Passion of the Christ moved him spiritually and he felt compelled to come forward with this."

According to Det Kubricht, Leach’s confession was preceded by a bizarre address to members of the Avenue N Church of Christ in Rosenberg, Texas.

[TonyB06]

I think this, or something very similiar, was mentioned here a few months back.

...but it does show, once again, that the Lord sometimes does his work in mysterious ways.

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by TonyB06
I think this, or something very similiar, was mentioned here a few months back.

...but it does show, once again, that the Lord sometimes does his work in mysterious ways.

Do you think he should get a break for his confession? He received 75 years and the family was quoted as saying they hopes he rots in hell or prison..whichever is worse. I think this is one of those times where the "system" doesn't make sense. It would have been nice to see this guy get a break for confessing..because otherwise he would have gotten away with murder.

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
Do you think he should get a break for his confession? He received 75 years and the family was quoted as saying they hopes he rots in hell or prison..whichever is worse. I think this is one of those times where the "system" doesn't make sense. It would have been nice to see this guy get a break for confessing..because otherwise he would have gotten away with murder.

I'll admit to being a bit hypocrital w/ my answer (cause I'd want leniency) but probably not. His confession, and I'm going to make an assumption here and suggest that if it leads to his asking for forgiveness and acceptance of Christ as his savior, will give the guy eternity. That should help him deal as peacefully as possible with the 75 years in front of him. His crime on earth still has to be paid for here. The girl is no less dead because of his confession.

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by TonyB06
I think this, or something very similiar, was mentioned here a few months back.

...but it does show, once again, that the Lord sometimes does his work in mysterious ways.

Yeah, this is the same situation (notice the date on the article.) I'll search to see if I can find the original thread.

ETA: It was on AKA Avenue.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...threadid=45433

[AXEAM]

Hold it before you guys go talking about giving this fellow a break he pleaded not guilty in the indictment hearing so it seems ol boy had a change of heart or doesn't want the punishment that comes along w/ his confession.

[btb87]

Originally posted by TonyB06
I'll admit to being a bit hypocrital w/ my answer (cause I'd want leniency) but probably not. His confession, and I'm going to make an assumption here and suggest that if it leads to his asking for forgiveness and acceptance of Christ as his savior, will give the guy eternity. That should help him deal as peacefully as possible with the 75 years in front of him. His crime on earth still has to be paid for here. The girl is no less dead because of his confession.

Good point, Tony. And I agree with what you're saying. His confession won't bring the girl back, and I can sympathize with what her family is expressing, because they've had a great loss. And so has this guy. The rest of his life will never be the same. But who's to say he won't get a "break" while he's there? Although unlikely, he might be able to get out early for whatever reason. Strange things seem to happen within the "system" nowadays.

[Love_Spell_6]

Ok this case is old. but the man was just sentenced 13 hours ago.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/2740393

RICHMOND -- The foreman of the jury that sentenced Dan Leach II to 75 years in prison said deliberations were so emotional that almost every juror cried at some point.

"Ninety-five percent of us in there shed a tear; literally, it was that emotionally charged in the jury room," George Michalec, 50, said Monday.

Leach, 21, of Rosenberg, pleaded guilty last week to the murder of Ashley Nicole Wilson, 19. Leach staged the murder Jan. 15 to look like a suicide but confessed to police two months later. He told detectives he had been moved after seeing the movie The Passion of the Christ, which depicts the last hours of the life of Jesus.

The 10-man, two-woman jury took a little less than five hours to decide on a sentence Friday.

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by AXEAM
Hold it before you guys go talking about giving this fellow a break he pleaded not guilty in the indictment hearing so it seems ol boy had a change of heart or doesn't want the punishment that comes along w/ his confession.

I hear you..but i guess in an ideal world it would be nice to see honesty rewarded since its so rare...

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
I hear you..but i guess in an ideal world it would be nice to see honesty rewarded since its so rare...

Wouldn't you think his greater "reward" would be his newfound relationship with the Lord, and release from the inner turmoil that had to be crushing him? I'd hope his confession came from what was inside him (his conscience), not outside circumstances.

...besides (and I'm not trying to be inflammatory) if the deceased were someone you knew, would his honesty count quite so much?

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by TonyB06
Wouldn't you think his greater "reward" would be his newfound relationship with the Lord, and release from the inner turmoil that had to be crushing him? I'd hope his confession came from what was inside him (his conscience), not outside circumstances.

...besides (and I'm not trying to be inflammatory) if the deceased were someone you knew, would his honesty count quite so much?

Of course his eternal reward is greater than anything he could ever get here on earth...but if I were related to the deceased...I would be relieved to know the truth. Honesty always comes out on top for me, and had it not been for his honesty, no one would know the truth. My point is that this isn't much incentive for others (especially those that don't have a relationship with Christ) to be truthful if they know something like this.

[AXOjen]

I'm glad that he was open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and confessed his crime. I hope that he is truly repentant and is accepting of the temporal punishment that is his due.

I don't want leniency in sentencing, though. This man murdered a young woman and his own unborn child. It's not like he took a cookie from the cookie jar, confessed to his mommy and should be granted clemency from a spanking.

[Love_Spell_6]

Originally posted by AXOjen
I'm glad that he was open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and confessed his crime. I hope that he is truly repentant and is accepting of the temporal punishment that is his due.

I don't want leniency in sentencing, though. This man murdered a young woman and his own unborn child. It's not like he took a cookie from the cookie jar, confessed to his mommy and should be granted clemency from a spanking.

LOL this is very true!

[TonyB06]

Let me be clear because I made the assumption (and I stated it as an assumption on my part in my first post). If he accepted Christ as his savior, I believe he has eternal life. His confession to the crime, IMO, may have been an outward manifestation of that conversion.

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
and had it not been for his honesty, no one would know the truth.

But do we know that for sure? Wasn't it only three months from the time of the murder to his confession? It looking like a suicide might have fallen apart, he may have slipped up and told someone, or someone else may have put 2 and 2 together and gone to the police, or her family may have just not bought the suicide ruling and pushed it further.

I don't think his being honest about being a murderer and being rewarded with a lesser penalty would give others incentive to do likewise.