[thegreatbeast]

Good Lord Jesus, what are you supposed to say?

[nmh]

Should have given him capital punishment the first time. Too bad you can't sue judges and jurors. They screwed up.

[Tamzee]

What a sickening, horrific story :-(

And WHY did he only spend 6 months in the mental hospital after beating his disabled sister to death?

[SiliconValleyGuy]

For some reason this reminds me of the news story I heard today of a convicted, confessed child molester who was released on appeal because he did not have the opportunity to face his accuser in the trial (his victim had committed suicide).

The justice system isn't any better than a crap shoot anymore.

[Bogey78O]

Insane people deserve the death penalty moreso than sane people. At least a sane person has a degree of predictability.

I don't want to be next to the "recovering mental patient" manning the powersaw when he has a relapse.

[jnarcus]

So glad that the state found it safe to release this nut case...And will the mother also be charged because why in the hell was she even associating with such a person let alone having him in her household...SOme parents don't deserve the children they get

[SpyGuy]

In my opinion, "not guilty by reason of insanity" should only apply to cases of involuntary manslaughter (or lesser charges); never to cases of voluntary manslaughter or murder.

[Ann Archy]

What do we expect when God has been kicked out of this country and saying the name of Jesus is either laughed at or spit on.

Abortion....Divorce....Welfare....Atheists have killed our souls.

[Moonman62]

I can't say much for the mother bringing this nutcase in the home with her child.

[Arkinsaw]

I believe its quite possible for someone with paranoid schizophrenia to be insane enough to commit murder without being responsible. I think the defense is valid.

However, if the defense is successful, someone who is insane enough to take a life is too insane to ever be released from an institution or trusted in society ever again. I don't think there is a "cure" for that.

He should have remained institutionalized permanently after the first death.

[Dan from Michigan]

I can't think of a worse way to go.

[Stew Padasso]

"previously had been found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1996 slaying of his handicapped sister"

America needs to grow up and realize that crazy people are not exempt from punishment.

The folks that left him off the first time should be hauled out in front of the public to explain themselves.

[csvset]

Picture of the perp

He looks looney. What the heck was mom thinking about, shacking up with this chump?

[TheSpottedOwl]

RIP little boy :-(

[dasboot]

The article doesn't mention any evidence that the guy killed the kid. They haven't even done an autopsy. The youngster coulda been playing "space shuttle" with the rocket engines blasting, he in his capsule, and died of asphyxiation. Who knows?

The nut is a suspect; and has not, apparently, confessed. It sounds like they're just assuming (and with good reason) that the kid was murdered....but that may not be the case.

Stranger things have happened.

[Xenalyte]

Tre-Deven?

[mabelkitty]

And where is the child's father?
Dumb question, I know.

[Walkingfeather]

Oh yeah and Im sure this man displayed absolutly no Psychotic behavior till this very moment...She woke up and her staight and narrow live in boyfriend killed her son... WHy Im sure she holds no blame for bringing this man into her home..... (sarcasm on the highest order ... off )

[iconoclast]

The only thing nuttier than Kathy Jo Odoms is the Justice system.

I guess there's hope for her ... the justice system ????

[Texas Mom]

Guess they will give him six more months and turn him loose again.

The ones who thought he should be released after six month for killing his sister are just as responsible for this child's death as he is.