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Son goes to jail for murders he didn't commit because why? To protect, some murderous bitch that killed his sister? Please.

That was part of it. I think the other part was that he knew everyone was already convinced he did it - no matter how much he protested. And he was most likely going to jail over the Krissy situation anyway. (He was innocent on both accounts but because of who he was and his family history no one was inclined to believe him if he claimed his innocence)

Sister lies about her brother being a murderer ... because why?

In her mind it wasn't a lie. Ben was chasing her out of the house so she knew he was there. Then sitting in a hospital room immediately after witnessing a horrifying/tramatic event the police start questioning her and asking very leading questions.


It's quite comment for those conditions to create false memories.

Mother orders her own death. Insurance money is better than finding your mother murdered and your children childless.

To start, I want to be clear that I'm not making excuses for her but she was in crippling debt and severely depressed. And (especially after the Krissy incident) she felt that her kids would have a better chance of leading a productive life if they were raised by their aunt - away from her debt/depression and away from Runner. She thinks she's a failure as a mother and the only thing she can do to help her family is to make sure they had at least a little bit of money.

The murder was arranged to look like a botched robbery and she was only supposed to be stabbed once where she would bleed out quickly and it would make no noise. Yes her kids would wake up to see that but it wasn't supposed to be as gruesome as it turned out.



The book, while pretty far fetched at the end, manages to tie things up better and explain why people did the things they did. That was one of the big faults I found with this movie.

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