Jaycee Dugard to Receive $20 Million from the State of California
Kidnap and rape victim, Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped at the age of 11 years old by pedophile, Phillip Garrido, raped repeatedly, bore his two children and held against her will for 18 years, has been approved by the State of California to receive $20 million dollars .
Though money will never be able to heal her fractured psyche and that of her two children, who, for their entire lives, did not even know that Jaycee Dugard was their mother, it will go a long way to help them recover from a lifetime of horrific abuse.
One cannot imagine the kind of psychological issues Jaycee Dugard will have for the rest of her life. That she would need years of counseling, therapy and psychiatric help would not seem farfetched.
Not to mention the issues her teenage girls will have as they come to terms with the details of their birth and what their mother, who they thought their entire lives was their sister, had to endure as well. It is unspeakable and too horrific to even imagine.
The settlement must be approved by the California Senate, but I seriously doubt there will be any reason for them not to approve it. Money is the least the State of California can give to Jaycee Dugard for the suffering she endured at the hands of a man who should have never been allowed to be free. To say the State of California dropped the ball on this one would be an understatement.
Now, if Phillip Garrido can just make it to the electric chair, some measure of justice will have been served. God bless, Jaycee Dugard.
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Post a CommentInteresting. Thanks for sharing.
I think there is more to it then simply Garrido having been let out of prison on parole at one time or another. I think perhaps it was the fact that the police visited this man's home on more than one occasion and did not bother to look in the back yard of a known pedophiles home in the area where a little girl was missing. I don't know the background of his prior crimes or his being let out on parole but do know that the police should have searched his home at the time of Jacyees disappearance. We need more information than what is given here before it is easy to say 20 million is too much for this woman and her two children.
Hello Two wrongs, I must admit, I find the responses here interesting. I do not live in CA, but I can certainly understand your point of view. Thanks for commenting. This has been surprising to me, but very enlightening as well.
This kind of thinking is one of the things that is wrong with today's society. It is true that Jaycee Dugard suffered wrongfully and the hands of criminals. It does not follow that California taxpayers should attempt to (or be required to) partially right that wrong. If, as you say, you can find 20 million people who would like to give her the money, then by all means do so. I would applaud that effort.
Hello Person, I think you all make a good point here. CA is in dire straights financially and perhaps it seems to be too much. But, I swear, I bet I could find 20 million people who would be willing to give her $1. God bless that poor girl, that's all I can say. And I hope Phillip Garrido fries.
Dennis, while I sympathize with your point, I guess I sympathize more with what happened to Jaycee Dugard. I dunno.....how can you put a price on the value of someone's life? Especially someone's life who has been so unbelievably fractured? $20 million seems paltry to me.
I had followed this o a point then put it behine me, and I know that this is something she can't and won't be able to do in a while but, I feel the same way. I feel that 20 million is quite a bit to much especially on how deeply we are in financial trouble we are. Also, when are they going to start taking from all the politicians as well, I mean they are the ones who ruined us all, nit us. They are there finger pointing each other like kids when in reality we should be finger pointing them for runing us. I think they should go after them for the money for this kidnapped young lady and her kids not the state. There are people and quite a bit of people not receiving any kind of financial needs and yet they just give over 20 million to here. Trust me, she went through a bad ordeal so yes, she should receive some kind of financial help but not 20 million.
Yet another example of why California is utterly financially BROKE and the worst state of 50 for handling taxpayer money and its finances.
How can someone that is sick, help someone else that is sick?
I have have been obsessed with this case since it broke. What Phillip and his wife did to that poor girl was beyond horrible. He and his wife should be put to death right away. However I do not believe that the state of California which is in deep financial trouble should award her that much money. Furthermore,African Americans who went through far much more horrific generations have never been given 1 dime 4 their problems. I realize that 1 has nothing to do with the other but 20 million is a lot.