In Cold Blood Analysis

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In Cold Blood
Many people look at this crime as terrible, horrendous, and evenCapote explores the human side of two cold-blooded killers, Perry Smith, and Dick Hickock.
Perry Smith and Dick Hickock were charged with the homicides of a small town family. On November 15, 1959 they murdered the clutter family. It took place in a small town of Holcomb, Kansas. The victims of this senseless crime were Herbert Clutter, Bonnie Clutter, Nancy Clutter, and Kenyon Clutter.
These murders were indeed brutal. Herb lay sprawled on a mattress in the basement, stabbed, his throat slashed and a shotgun charge fired to his head. His hands were bound and his mouth was taped shut. Found on a couch in the adjacent room was his son, Kenyon, bound, gagged and shot in the head. Upstairs was Bonnie and Nancy. Bonnie was bound and gagged, Nancy was only bound. They had both been shot in the head.
Perry Smith: "'Am I sorry? If that's what you mean - I'm not. I don't feel anything about it. I wish I did. But nothing about it bothers me a bit. Half an hour after it happened, Dick was making jokes and I was...

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