Student who stabbed professor more than 200 times found not guilty by reason of insanity

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[lunarbicep]

"If we can keep him locked up in a mental hospital for the rest of his life, that will be justice," prosecutor Corby Holcomb said.

it's hard to trust the same system that failed in the first place

Ngai, 24, had checked out of a mental health treatment center less than a day before Martin was killed.

[Kimmers]

OK, keep him locked up in a mental hospital and then when he is declared cured lock him up in a prison, for the rest of his life.

[Dante3]

He'll probably be let out shortly and then will kill again.

[Termite_Commander]

You know, we've got to come up with an alternative to "Not Guilty" when it comes to insanity defenses.

Just read the headline!

"Student who stabbed professor more than 200 times found not guilty by reason of insanity"

Not guilty? So because the student is insane, that means he didn't actually do it? Tell that to the professor.

I'm not saying people who really are insane don't have a legitimate defense, it's just that the term "not guilty" doesn't really fit well.

Somebody come up with a nifty legal term for it.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Somebody come up with a nifty legal term for it.

Some states now use "guilty but insane," and some call it "not guilty only by reason of insanity."

[JakeWyld]

I think I got it!

How about...GUILTY by reason of mental insanity.

Corny I know, but makes far more sense than not guilty. He did do it. It just wasn't pre-meditated, cold blooded murder.

[NJ_gent]

"stabbed and slashed his piano professor more than 200 times because he thought she was a robot intent on killing him"

And who can blame him? Even as he threatened her with the knife, she was screaming, "No disassemble Johnny Five!"

(ugh, that's awful)

[Doogle]

Corny I know, but makes far more sense than not guilty

....and the difinition of "is" is?..

*smirk*

Doogle

[inkling]

Ah, the old "I Thought She Was A Robot" defense. Too bad for Scott Peterson that he didn't have this guy's lawyer.

[tioga]

I personally think that it should be "guilty, by reason of insanity".......more accurate if you asked me.

[mtbopfuyn]

Note to self - use the ol' computer chip in the head for any future hearings.

[ASOC]

Guilty, and insane.

Let have medical care in a prison lockup.

[inkling]

Exactly!

Judge: "Why did you get drunk on single malt scotch, steal that Lexus, drive 105 mph past a police station, then refuse to stop when the cop tried to pull you over?"

Me: "Your honor, the cop was a robot."

Judge: "Bailiff, release this man!"

It's the perfect crime.

[Republicus2001]

Bushfault!

[Bon mots]

HL Mencken nailed this one more than fifty years ago. There should be no such 'not guilty by reason of insanity'. There should only be guilty and insane.

Execution. Two reasons to kill him. One, because he's a violent killer. Two because he will never contribute anything to society and is an enormous burden.

Instead, he will need to be monitored 24/7 and kept away from others at all times. He will need to be restrained multiple times in his future as well as fed, medicated and guarded like a - well - er, psychokiller.

[PAR35]

What do you expect. The prosecutor works for Ronnie Earle.

[Zeppo]

Sounds a lot like a variation on an old Star Trek TNG plot...

[Logophile]

"If we can keep him locked up in a mental hospital for the rest of his life, that will be justice," prosecutor Corby Holcomb said.

If we can? The prosecutor doesn't sound too sure of that.

[mad puppy]

If this crime had happened in the pre-computer chip years, I wonder what he would have said?

Aliens in his head?
Voices in my head?
My mother made me do it?

Someone needs to slip this guy a note saying that the chip wasn't in the teachers head, but it is in your chest.

[MARTIAL MONK]

If I had known this when I was in college...