I Killed a Man: Three Murderers Tell

THREE MURDERERS TALK OPENLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THEIR DEEDS, THEIR GUILT AND THEIR PENALTY. Antoon strangled his girlfriend and still doesn't understand why. His story is that of a passionate murderer, before, during and after his trial at the Assize Court. Gustaaf has been in prison for 37 years and has chosen never to be released. One hope remains with him: not to be dehumanized. To be more than 'the vampire of Muizen', as he is still called. Brûsk is now 29 and has been released under strict conditions after 10 years in prison. He is responsible for a robbery and murder for a few tens of thousands of francs. I murdered a person wants to make the reader think about major mistakes, the execution of sentences and, above all, humanity. Machteld Libert, a forensic journalist at the VRT television news service, tries in her own way to get into the souls of the murderers. How do they deal with their facts? Can they live with their crime and how do they see the future? Through many in-depth conversations, the murderers tell their gripping story. Criminal lawyer Walter Damen interprets the legal side of the facts and the perpetrators: the problems with their trial, their detention and the chance of being released again. He reflects on the execution of sentences and the impact thereof on the perpetrators, the murderers who try to find their way in years of confinement. He is concerned about the dramas and their perpetrators, about murderers who do not want to be dehumanized. Prof. Dr. Chris Dillen, forensic psychiatrist at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, explains how people can commit atrocities. From immature follower to borderline to psychopath. A person is capable of much due to his genetic predisposition and the influences he undergoes along the way. How do you make a diagnosis? Is treatment possible? Do murderers still have a future?