Posted on 10/11/2007 8:18:28 AM PDT by pitinkie
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - The man accused of driving into a plaza at the University of North Carolina last year, injuring nine people, will offer a mental impairment defense at his trial, his lawyer said in court papers.
Mohammed Taheri-Azar, 24, told investigators he hoped to "avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world" when he drove the rented SUV into the plaza at the school's Chapel Hill campus in March 2006, authorities have said. Nine people were injured, none seriously.
The Iranian-born Taheri-Azar, a 2005 UNC graduate, faces multiple counts of attempted murder and assault.
A notice filed in court Wednesday by public defender James Williams indicates that a defense of insanity, mental infirmity and-or diminished capacity will be used. The trial has been tentatively scheduled for March.
Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jim Woodall has said Taheri-Azar knew what he was doing. His vehicle plowed through a gathering place known as the Pit, scattering students. Moments later, Taheri-azar called 911 to surrender.
So he’s going to testify that Muslims are deranged. Interesting.
so Jihad is a mental condition/illness...
So it’s true - islam is a mental disease.
A fatal disease, when followed by Retribution Is Permanent Syndrome (RIPS)
LOL
Being a UNC grad, he has a strong chance of proving the above to be true.
Mohammed Taheri-Azar, 24, told investigators he hoped to “avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world” when he drove the rented SUV into the plaza at the school’s Chapel Hill campus in March 2006, authorities have said. Nine people were injured, none seriously.
The Iranian-born Taheri-Azar, a 2005 UNC graduate, faces multiple counts of attempted murder and assault.
So now he is insane? Oh BS. Lock him up for life in a secure prison mental ward and play Britney Spears, Barbra Streisand & Barry Manilow music. The only shows he should see is The View & Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Then lets see how insane is his.
No doubt the man will be acquitted. Within a year or so the spot of the incident will be renamed in his honor. Soon after that a statue of the man will be erected in a prominent location on campus (perhaps near the Old Well) and students will gather around it to protest one thing or another. They will demand and get a building named for the man as well as an endowed professorship or perhaps a lecture series.
And all these events will be viewed as normal on Planet Chapel Hill.
Is UNC as bad as my sons college? NYU?
excellent reply Quadrant....it’s not for nothing that Chapel Hill is called “Berkley of the East”
Stonewalls (recovering Chapel Hill dad)
Not exactly: students at NYU act unaffectedly as they have nothing to prove. Students at Chapel Hill act deliberately as they have to prove their liberal/left credentials.
So basically Is-Lame is a mental illness just like it’s kissin’ cousin Liberalism?
Got it.
Some things are intuitively obvious.
Revoke Citizenship, Convict on all Counts, Imprison, and Deport to Hell.
Ok ...I am still trying to get my son to take a arab studies course with one of the profs that are openly anti israel so he can tape it! He is still not interested...
Tell your son that a person grows by experience, and a stint with a anti-Israel prof would be a good learning experience. Of course, the danger exist your son may imbibe some of the vitriol spewed out by this academic, but one cannot shield one’s offspring from all stupidity.
My son would never take any vitriol from one of them as truth..thankfully his head is firmly attached in reality! Thats why I wasnt afraid for him to go to NYU!
In this age, you are a fortunate man. Treasure your son. He seems a fine young man.
thanks..but I am a fortunate woman! LOL
Does it matter that he has an internship with CBS?
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