Monstrous Wickedness and the Judgment of Knight

摘要: In February 2000, Katherine Mary Knight killed, then skinned, decapitated and cooked her lover in rural Australia. pleaded guilty to murder received a life sentence, against which she unsuccessfully appealed v R [2006] NSWCCA 292. I consider the way majority judgments organised expressed Knight’s culpability accordance with model of monstrous wickedness, arguing that models wickedness articulated applied criminal law should be evaluated critically. The judgment court constructed responded as bad, monster who is (and will always be) dangerous (especially men) ultimately irredeemable. Not only do monsters justify require extreme measures, they also contaminate undermine systems orders – thus read more consistently genre horror than law. ostensibly works particularly well for women kill, it preserves law’s tendency organise w...