Psychiatrist Says Malvo Legally Insane

1010 Wins ^ | Dec 11, 10:04 AM EST | ADRIENNE SCHWISOW, AP

[Calpernia]

***ANYONE*** can be diagnosed with a disorder. Is anyone that murders sane?

[Calpernia]

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[pctech]

If you ask me, the shrink is insane!!

[biblewonk]

How is that not true of any Muslim based on his beliefs, not his actions. Obviously Malvo's actions were not sane but that can't be an automatic plea of anyone who kills anyone.

[Hodar]

Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo has mental diseases that left him "psychologically numb" and legally insane because he couldn't tell right from wrong, a defense psychiatrist said.

Easy one to disprove. If he truly didn't know right from wrong, why did he hide his actions? A person with this condition wouldn't feel any need to hide his actions of murder, any more than he would feel the need to hide breathing. He would calmly walk about the streets, shooting people without concern of being seen.

[SpinyNorman]

Wonder what this headshrinker's appraisal would be of Algore?

[martin_fierro]

Wonder what the prosecution's experts have to say about this mutt.

[Alberta's Child]

Psychiatry became the professional equivalent of astrology once it was determined that a condition with no discernible physical characteristics, no known pathogens, and no genetic component could be classified as an "illness."

[Uncle George]

Bill Clinton is legally insane and he is walking free!!!!!!!!

[RonHolzwarth]

So he's insane. There is only one thing to do then.

Drop the trial, forget it.

And then, lock him up forever, with no chance of ever getting out.

[Sacajaweau]

Lot of crap. Someone made the BEST point..

If he didn't do anything wrong, why was he hiding. The next point is that it was well advertised that these killings were wrong and we know he can read and had computer in his vehicle with access to the media sites. Who did they think we were talking about? Plus, his threatening letter says "I'm going to do something BAD if you don't pay the money.

Yea, he's a sicko all right but he knew exactly what he was doing, did it several times and PLANNED it.

[Spok]

"Wonder what this headshrinker's appraisal would be of Algore?'
It would depend entirely on who was paying the bill.

[Catspaw]

Malvo's case is a case about dueling shrinks. But if the jury does its job and cuts through all the crapola, they'll find that Malvo did know what he was doing when he pulled the trigger.

[Eva]

I was thinking exactly the same thing, no one who commits murder is actually sane by normal standards, especially terrorists.

[saveliberty]

On the money!

If he didn't know right from wrong why kill in secret, with a little hole drilled through the trunk?

[Cicero]

It seems as if you can always hire a psychiatrist to say anything if you pay him a fee for his court appearance.

I wonder if he showed up in court with his "The Devil Made Me Do It" T-shirt?

[TheCrusader]

"Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo has mental diseases that left him "psychologically numb" and legally insane because he couldn't tell right from wrong, a defense psychiatrist said."

Solution; put him on trial for murder with a jury of his peers, twelve men and women who are psychologically numb and legally insane.

[gridlock]

If Malvo is insane, there are about a Billion people all over the MidEast who seem to share the same affliction...

[steve-b]

My comment from another thread on the subject:

In its 1995 session, the New Mexico legislature pondered and passed a bill that set limits on the testimony of psychologists in court. Senate bill 459, written by Richard Romero, included the following language:

"When a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies during a defendant's competancy hearing, the psychologist or psychiatrist shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than two feet tall. The surface of the hat shall be imprinted with stars and lightening bolts.
"Additionally, a psychologist or psychiatrist shall be required to don a white beard... and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand." Before the expert's testimony about competency, the bill specified "the baliff shall contemporaneuosly dim the courtroom lights and administer two strikes to a Chinese gong."

Although the Senate passed the bill by voice vote, and the House voted 46 to 14 to make it official, NM Governor Gary Johnson vetoed it.
--"How the Shrinks Stand Up in Court" San Francisco Chronicle, 05 January 1996, p. E8