"This time last year I was plotting to kill a man" . . .

"I was going to walk up to him, reintroduce myself and then blow his balls off. I was going to watch him writhe like a poisoned cockroach for a few seconds, then kick him onto his stomach and put three bullets in the back of his head. This time last year I had a gun, and a silencer, and a plan. I had staked out the man's tract home in Broomfield -- the gray, two-story one with the maroon trim and the American flag hanging above the doorstep. I had followed him to and from his job as an electrical engineer. I was confident I would get away with murder, because there was nothing in recent history to connect me to him. Homicide investigators look for motive, and mine was buried 25 years in the past."

this is a fascinating article by a man who was raped by an older boy when he was seven years old, his plan for revenge many years later, and what eventually happened . . . not sure exactly what the lesson is, but it's an amazing read . . .

Stalking the Bogeyman
Coming to grips with the killer inside me.
by David Holthouse
westword.com
May 13, 2004

http://westword.com/issues/2004-05-13/feature.html/print.html

Would have brought charges up against him.

and I was on his jury, there's no way in hell I'd vote to convict.