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From the article: The insanity trial of admitted killer Christopher A. Gribble begins Monday with the selection of jurors who will decide whether Gribble was legally insane when he and Steven Spader slaughtered a Mont Vernon mother and maimed her daughter during a random 2009 home invasion. His trial...likely will differ from that of his machete-wielding accomplice Spader, found guilty by a jury Nov. 9 of all six counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and related charges.

From the article: Gribble, a Brookline Eagle Scout, admitted he stabbed and slashed local nurse Kimberly L. Cates, 42, to death with a knife and nearly killed her daughter, Jaimie, then 11...Since Gribble admitted to the crimes and opted out of a trial on his guilt or innocence, jurors may not hear the same degree of disturbing testimony presented at Spader's trial -- detailed accounts of the terrifying attack and graphic descriptions of the 50 wounds inflicted on Cates and her daughter, some cutting through bone and partially amputating Jaimie Cates' foot...Gribble is a high school graduate who grew up a devout Mormon and attended Sunday school at Spader's next-door neighbor's house.

(Before anybody defends Gribble just because he's Mormon, perhaps you could first acknowledge the 50-wound stab-&-slash victims, 42-yo nurse Kimberly L. Cates and her 11-yo daughter, Jaimie...with the daughter barely surviving...that way, you might come across a wee bit more humane vs. hostile)

1 posted on 02/28/2011 8:20:06 AM PST by Colofornian
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Why the add-on to the headline ('A REAL MORMON')? Well, some Mormon FReepers have been adding "real Mormon" onto their thread headlines as some attempt to distinguish themselves -- as if their threads were the ONLY authentic Mormon threads.

Well, here ya go. "Authentic" Mormons include original-sin laden people who sin because they're sinners -- and not just because they decided one day to go hog wild on the idea of "free agency."

Original sin people are EVERYBODY, including me. Yet, obviously not "everybody" murders.

Fortunately, the jury will be able to exercise options other than a psychiatric ward for Gribble:

Real, authentic Mormon murderers like...
...Gary Gilmore, Ronnie Lee Gardner, and maybe Butch Cassidy (depending upon which story you believe) were shot.

Sometimes they hang real authentic Mormon murderers (for being a mass child and mommy&daddy murderer) -- Like John D. Lee...
Sometimes they give them a lethal injection -- Like 5-time child killer, ex-Lds missionary-to-Philippines Arthur Gary Bishop...
Or sometimes it's the electric chair, like serial killer-rapist Ted Bundy, a Mormon convert...

But usually it's more often just life sentences...
...Like 5-time Mormon killer Glenn Taylor Helzer...
...Or ex-Lds missionary murderer to Winnipeg Mark Hacking...
...Or bomber-murderer-scammer Mark Hofmann...

(And of course, some Mormon murderers do little to no time...
...Like ex-Lds missionary-to-France fugitive murderer Jason Brown...
...or 19th century murderer Porter Rockwell, one of Brigham Young's and Joseph's Smith's body guards...
...or Wild Bill Hickman, another of Young's body guards, who wrote a "tell-all" book about it...
....Or the dozens to hundreds of Mormon child mass murderers/mommy&daddy mass murderers never even brought to trial for the execution-style Mountain Meadows Massacre...)

2 posted on 02/28/2011 8:25:51 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

These maggots can’t be punished enough to suit me. Je ne givasheet pas what religion he claimed.


3 posted on 02/28/2011 8:30:05 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'd get it myself but I don't have any thumbs.)
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To: Colofornian

Or perhaps you could respect the victims by not using the death as a personal springboard into a debate about whether Mormons are the correct religion or whether Mormons have criminals among them.

Or whether the story about whether a murderer can be found not guilty because of insanity is a “Religious” article because in one line it mentions he was a Mormon.

Guilt by association is very lame. And I doubt you will get anyone defending this guy’s actions.


6 posted on 02/28/2011 9:46:17 AM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Colofornian

I thought this had something to do with Dale Gribble being a moron. Shee-shee-shaw!


7 posted on 02/28/2011 9:46:17 AM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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To: Colofornian
I would hate to think that the RC church would be held responsible for the atrocities that are committed by some that have an affiliation to it.

I don't know a whole lot about Mormons, but when you have a large group of people, there are bound to be some whackos in it!

Unlike islam that teaches inequality, hate, lying and murder!

8 posted on 02/28/2011 10:35:30 AM PST by mckenzie7 (Democrats = Trough Sloppers!)
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a devout Mormon
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are lots of examples of people growing up devoted to a religion and going on to become criminals.

Unbelievable! Personally, I believe you have an unhealthy obsession with this religion.


11 posted on 02/28/2011 5:02:02 PM PST by wintertime
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To: Colofornian
a Brookline Eagle Scout
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hey! While you're at it, why not smear the Boy Scouts as well? With little effort you could find other examples of Eagle Scouts being murderers and being criminally insane.

By the way, I am the **proud** holder of an Eagle Scout mom's pin.

13 posted on 02/28/2011 5:07:11 PM PST by wintertime
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To: Colofornian

No relation to me whatsoever

35 posted on 03/01/2011 5:21:12 PM PST by xp38
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