Ariel Castro VS Jodi Arias (who is worse?)

Argument 1: Behind the ScenesThe point being made in my mentioning that Castro attended vigil's and talked to the families of his victims was to show that Castro's lies were much graver and deeper than Arias's. Arias merely lied about her motives and her premeditation, an understandable and unsurprising lie to tell in court. Castro lied to the faces of his victim's families and said that he would help search for them. This to me shows a much sicker personality, someone who can stare into those people's eyes and say such blatant lies shows a level of sociopathy that goes much deeper than Jodi Arias. Also, the parents of Castro's victims DID suffer the same sort of things that Travis's family did. The girls were presumed dead. [1] They were presumed dead for years and no perpetrator had been found so in their minds, someone did get away with murder. "By attending the vigil, he did no more harm than he was already doing to the family." The point about the vigil was not saying that he harmed the family in going, it's that he went full well knowing that he was the perpetrator of the crime. He went for his own sick benefit, shrouded in lies to show fake condolence for the victims. This shows an inner twisted psyche. Most people could not face the level of guilt and shame that would present itself at such an event but Castro bore it and went on to continue his crime until caught. Also, "guilt", something that can never be truly proven, does not detract from the actions preformed including the cover ups and the lies to the families and the prolonged torture of these victims. If Ariel really and truly did feel guilt, would he have continued his crime for a decade? Logic would say otherwise. If Amanda Berry hadn't escaped, every indication shows that he would have continued this crime indefinitely showing that he really had no intention of stopping, guilt ridden or otherwise. He was prepared to subject these three women to a perpetual servitude. Again, I want to reiterate that Arias's behavior in court was normal. She was trying to avoid premeditation, an act of self defense. She never truly denied the crime, only the circumstances. This was done to try and preserve whatever she could in the face of her guilt. It's a completely normal thing to do. That doesn't make it right but it does not display the same level of sickness that Castro portrayed in his behaviors.Argument 2: Gravity of the CrimeIf we compare the level of suffering between the victims, Travis's suffering is relatively small. Yes, he suffered pain and eventual death but it was a relatively quick incident. Death is the permanent end to all true suffering. On the other hand, these girls went through a far longer and more agonizing ordeal. If we take the principle of proportional punishment into consideration using suffering as the benchmark for punishment we can see that the total suffering of the women is much higher and that Castro would actually get a more severe punishment based on such a comparison.As my opponent claims, grief is curable. That includes Travis's family's grief. They will heal and move on as all people who lose loved ones eventually do. Death, as I stated previously, is an unavoidable condition that all people must go through eventually so the crime was not in itself unusual. Being tortured and locked away for an entire decade, deprived of outside contact, education, freedom etc is not something people normally endure therefore, I would argue, this type of crime committed on the level it was is actually more grave. Also, Arias succumbed to something not unusual for humans: rage, loss of control, violence. Her brief period of madness resulted in a death. But it was a brief period. Castro had to keep himself in a state of mind that enabled him to keep his captives, torture them, rape them, abuse them etc [2] for ten years. His mindset was perpetuated far longer than Arias's was. This enduring state of monstrous action and thought was indefinite in Castro while Arias's was brief. This shows a deeper level of twisted evil in Castro than in Arias. Travis is dead, his family's grief will be healed. The women will live, yes, but they are forced to live in a state they were never meant to live in. They will live with these memories, the shame, the horror for the rest of their lives. While technically this CAN be fixed, there's no saying that it will. These women are forever changed. And Castro bestowed this one them willingly, knowingly and perpetually. ConclusionThe gravity of the crime, the behavior and mindset of the perpetrator are clearly much more twisted in Ariel Castro than in Jodi Arias. The level of suffering committed and the length of the mindset required to commit it was much, much more severe in Castro than in Arias. While both people displayed a level of inhumanity during their ordeals it has come to my attention that Castro's was much deeper and profound than Arias's. Thank you. [1] http://www.covertimes.com... [2] http://hollywoodlife.com...