Ariel Castro VS Jodi Arias (who is worse?)

Argument 1: Behind the scenesMy opponent claims that Ariel Castro's motives in attending the girl's vigil and vowing to look for them is a reason that makes him more sick. This however isn't true. The woman he kidnapped were all still alive and breathing under his roof, and if anything, he even did better by their parent's, by attributing to giving hope to the families of the girls. No psycholical harm came to the families Directly from Castro's actions (obviously indirectly). They had no idea Castro at the time had anything to do with the kidnapping. The difference is with Jodi, that during the 5 year trial, the family of Jodi knew full well she was responsible for the murder. The fact that she continuosly lied about it, and was "Getting away with murder" would be a constant stress. Imagine having to know that the person who killed you son, brother, nephew, grandson, was still alive and well, and might get off scott free simply because they lied and snaked their way out of the trial? For 5 years, the family of Travis Alexander had to deal with this. They had to deal with seeing fans, and supporters of Jodi Arias, who blindly followed the woman despite all the evidence against her, and a very clear motive. The fact that Ariel attended the vigil, if anything, is something to show that he is far less twisted than Arias. He felt bad for what he did, and felt he was in too deep to do anything about it. By attending the vigil, he did no more harm than he was already doing to the family. What he did was still wrong, and he deserved to be tortured, and live the rest of his days in hell for what he did. But he had a conscious. He chose not to follow it. Also in a letter he wrote in 2004, apparently a suicide note, we see into Castro's mind a little deeper. He has always felt bad about what he did. He even stated he was willing to leave all of his money to his victims. While this will never re-compensate the three girls to what he took overall, the attempt is still there. Jodi will never be able to do the same for Travis, or his family. . http://www.dailymail.co.uk...Next my opponent states that he believes Jodi's behavior in the court room was normal. This isn't entirely true though. Jodi had the oppertunity to get much less of a sentence than she did. She may have even gotten away with her defense plea, is she hadn't lied so much to the court. Also the way Travis was found killed, and the circumstances of his death were already substantial proof that she had planned it. But the point is, there was no "good" reason for her trial to have gone on for so long with everything they had against her. The fact that she had murdered Travis, and afterwords trying to appolagize to his family about it without even acknowledging that she did anything wrong is just horrible. At least Castro tried to be a pleasant person in his outside life, his actions inside being irrepriable. Argument 2: Gravity of the crimeMy opponent has brought up some points, that I would like to put to rest here. He says that these girls suffered through 10 years of hell, and may never be fully psycholically healed. This is true, definitely. But there is potential for them to live and lead a good life now. They didn't have that before. Their lives are completely free for them to do whatever they want with now. There have been plenty of people in the past (major historical figures even) who have been through some of the same things they have. Many deployed soldiers have to go without food and water for several days, lose communication to most of the outside world, see horrible things, and risk their life on a daily basis. Even John MCcain been a POW, yet still had recovered (at least enough to continue to campaign). The point is these woman have potential to have their lives completely flipped around. Life doesn't have to be so horrible now, and they can actually do something, lead others, raise children, and live. Them being being found was an absolute miracle, and the fact they they were only kidnapped, gives them the oppertunity to much more. The big difference with Jodi, is that Travis will never again get to do anything. He no longer get's to love. No longer get's to have goals, dreams, and live a joyous life. His murder completely irradicated any possibility of that ever happening. The gravity of murder far outweighs the gravity of a temporary though traumatizing kidnapping. The point is, Grief, and traumatic experience is curable. Death is not. . http://www.tc.umn.edu...Conclusion:My opponent has made some very great points in this debate so far, and I thank him again for accepting it and opening me up to new thoughts on the matter. However for this debate, I urge the voters to vote for me, on the principal of what we have weighed so far. I feel I have shown that the actions of Jodi Arias are irreversible, while those of Castro can be fixed. I have also shown in a great amount of detail, how the personality of Jodi's is far more twisted than that of Castro's. While both have done horrible things, one at least expresses that he has a conscious, while the other only expresses emotion out of self interest. Jodi Cries the hardest when she learns of her guilt, but when confronted about the death of her ex-lover Travis Alexander, can only easily find lies to get her out of her situation. Thanks for reading this debate!