![]() ![]() I see little value in speculating on the contents of the hearts and minds of strangers. ![]() Morin also notably failed to cooperate with police, refusing to provide any details about either his convicted murders, or the many more murders he was suspected of having committed.įor me, the sincerity of Morin’s religious convictions are immaterial. It’s often claimed that Morin’s guilty plea represents an acceptance of his sins and demonstrates the sincerity of his newfound faith however, prior to his indictment Morin engaged in a slew of obstructionist legal tactics in an effort to delay the proceedings. Furthermore, much of the narrative surrounding Morin’s post-arrest morality does not stand up to scrutiny. Indeed, Margaret Mayfield Palm’s account of how she converted Morin from a brutal sociopath to a devout servant of God during the course of a 10 hour car ride would arguably be more plausibly interpreted as deceptive manipulation than as an honest spiritual awakening. Chris Clark, whose mother had dated Morin, interprets Morin’s religiosity as follows: “He wanted to manipulate the cloying, puling conservative Christians in the Texas penal system: what better method than ostentatiously coming to Jesus?” (Clark writes about his haunting experiences with Morin in this piece, published in the Guardian.) And there is certainly good reason for this kind of skepticism Morin had spent years living under false identities, lying, and manipulating those around him to serve his own less-than-noble interests. Many have questioned the sincerity of Morin’s faith.
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