Posted on 09/12/2013 2:27:03 AM PDT by markomalley
The defense attorney for Floyd Lee Corkins, who shot up the offices of the Family Research Council, on August 15, 2012, says he wanted to kill “conservative right-wing Christians.”
Corkins entered the lobby armed with a loaded semi-automatic pistol, 100 rounds of ammunition, and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He started firing at FRC’s building manager Leo Johnson who heroically tackled the shooter after a gunshot shattered his arm.
Corkins pled guilty to three charges, including committing an act of domestic terrorism while armed – the first such charge in Washington, D.C and government is seeking a 45-year prison term for the liberal activist. Corkins has pleaded guilty and his public defender is hoping to get him a reduced sentence of 11 years. The attorney also provided some rationale for while Corkins targeted the pro-life group.
In a 13-page filing with the D.C. federal trial court, Assistant Federal Public Defender David Bos argued that Corkins should serve 138 months in prison for his “nearly unimaginable” crime. Federal prosecutors are seeking 45 years for the 29-year-old Virginia man, whose sentencing has been delayed because of sequestration’s impact of federal public defenders.
If Corkins “were unrepentant or unremorseful for his conduct, and not suffering from a mental illness at the time he committed the offenses, a severe sentence might indeed be warranted in this case,” Bos stated.
But Corkins was “experiencing auditory hallucinations” and had “thoughts of killing his parents and conservative right-wing Christians” in the months leading up to his crime, his lawyer argued. The day before the shooting took place, he missed his monthly shot of an anti-depressant drug.
The defense attorney for Floyd Lee Corkins, who shot up the offices of the Family Research Council, on August 15, 2012, says he wanted to kill “conservative right-wing Christians.”
See? That proves it once and for all: more hate crimes caused by the Tea party. Settled science!
I think SPLC (pronounced “Splick”) should be held criminally liable in this case.
Morris Deas is an arrogant snot who really finally deserves his comeuppance.
The SPLC...Southern Poverty Law Center is an EVIL Org. led by a Vile and EVIL man, Morris Dees....he is an UBER SHYSTER!
So if I get this correctly, the argument is that he’s just crazy rather than sane and unrepentant. Therefore he should be allowed to walk free in 11 years rather than 45.
Right. I’m buying that one. An sane but unrepentant person would have a chance of coming around and repenting for the crime. This guy is going to run the good chance of the “voices in his head” coming back and telling him he needs to go kill Conservatives for the rest of his life.
David Bos, IIRC, was the one arguing on Al Gore’s behalf before the Supreme Court in 2000. Still sticking up for the criminally insane, I see.
My mistake. Gore’s lawyer was David Boies.
Sounds like a hate crime to me. Where is Eric Holder?
I haven’t seen this story on the news.
I’m not surprised about that.
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