Would You Convict Eli?

[EEA]

No. I just could not convict Eli. I have seen cases on tv about the types of crimes people will do and it just leaves me thinking why they would do this.

[drakkar]

Eli's case would be handled by social securities. He would probably be taken into custody, some special laws would be created if necessary. If it is possible for him to live without killing, he would be given help to do so. Otherwise - I think he would be left to starve to death.

Something like that, yes. Eli bought blood from Tommy, so a solution exists.

To me twhat I think of Eli his is close to the core of the story. Eli is a child, a kind child which only does what he has to do in order to survive. So it is no way I can convict him.
But if I met Eli I would run for my life - I'm about the same age as Jocke, Virginia and Lacke.

[Ash]

If captured, I think Eli would be of huge medical interest and probably be subjected to intense medical scrutiny.
Unfortunately there are plenty of military-minded people who would love to exploit Eli's powers for non-humanitarian purposes.
Create an army of soldiers with super-human strength and speed, and whose wounds heal within minutes?
This theme has been explored to many, many books and films. Alien, Starman, District 9, etc.
In this age of endless wars and extraordinary renditions, Eli has much more to fear from capture than just going to gaol. Poor darl'n.

[bore]

If captured, I think Eli would be of huge medical interest and probably be subjected to intense medical scrutiny.

Like the bits and pieces of Zombie-HåKan.

[OUTSIDER]

I think I would convict Eli and sentence her to "House Arrest" = MY HOUSE! Then I would have my own little Eli.

[covenant6452]

No, I couldn't put that poor soul behind bars, and if someone did I'd be the guy wrapping chains through the bars of Eli's cell attaching them to my monster truck and setting Eli free to nom once again.

[Casper]

No, I would not convict Eli. It would be like convicting a cat for killing mice. It's ridiculous. How can we call something evil just because it happens to be higher on the food chain than us? But then our species tends to define evil as anything that makes us sad , angry or afraid. Not to deny the existence of true evil, I'm just saying, Eli is not it.

He is simply a victim of his circumstance, a circumstance in which us humans play a rather important role. He kills because he fears being exposed. If he is exposed than we will hunt him and do god knows what else. Ergo, if we leave him alone and just give him blood when he needs it, than theoretically no one dies and everybody gets their cake. We are the ones preventing peace, but we blame the necessity of death on him.

[TigerEyes]

Hmm, i would have went, "But she's 12! How can a twelve year old kill all those people?"
"Because she's a vampire."
"A vampire? Goodness, was she really a vampire and not like some gothic girls who just hopes that they're really a vampire?"
"She has ben proven that she is a vampire. evidence shows that she killed all those people. She claimed she's 200 years old"
"Here's my conviction then: Institution."

So insitution it is. The problem i see is that they might have starve her of blood and just give her food that will not help her. I think she would have rather died than have this, which is why she has to be secretive and always on the move. I feel that if the logical sense, people would just think her crazy and feel more pity for her due to her age (Which could be an advantage for her) and choose insitution for her.

But of course, i would never really actually want to convict her. That is just what i think if she had been caught. I would rather that they fed her the death row inmates instead.

FYI: I'm using a "her" instead of a "he" because people would view him as a her instead.

[bore]

Any kind of handling of Eli by regular humans will result in they not beleiving him to be a vampire and try to transport him during daytime.
After the flamy death some investigation will probably explain it with spontanous combustion, while not being common, occationally occurs. (Like they do with all vampire cases.)

[abner_mohl]

Any kind of handling of Eli by regular humans will result in they not beleiving him to be a vampire and try to transport him during daytime.
After the flamy death some investigation will probably explain it with spontanous combustion, while not being common, occationally occurs. (Like they do with all vampire cases.)

Wonder what the situation might be if Eli bit a guard somewhere along the line, and Eli flames out during transport, then the bitten guard does likewise a couple of days later like Virginia, wonder what their reaction would be then regarding the existence of vampires.