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In 1996, a judge allowed Paul to attend Spokane Community College during the day as long as the went back to Eastern State Hospital at night, according to the station. Two years later another judge ruled he could have overnight visits in Spokane as long as an adult member of his fmaily was present.

What in the world...The guy killed an old lady in 1987 and buried her body in her garden. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity (he claimed she was a witch) and committed. He's received nothing but free room and board and favorable treatment since then. What gives? Who is he related to? What does he have on somebody?

Twenty years ago, a local man went off his meds and began flagging down drivers at an intersection and shooting them because they were “devils” if their eyes shone in his light.

It has taken the obsessive dedication of a victim’s grieving parent to “encourage” the justice system to pass insane-but-guilty as a possible charge in the future (didn’t make it into law), and that those criminally committed to mental institutions bear the burden of proof of their sanity before release, instead of the old system of the prosecution having to prove insanity every time the convict’s potential freedom came before a judge.

Meanwhile, the f’r was sitting in his taxpayer-funded institution, collecting social security for his “disability that kept him from working.” The aggrieved parent got that stopped too (and for all the criminally institutionalised in the state), though not before the s.o.b. had bought himself a motorcycle and a bunch of other goodies. While in criminally insane confinement! During one of his release hearings, it turned out that he’d been working outside the institution on a daywork program. Couldn’t do much about that.

I dunno why he keeps wanting those hearings. He’s toast if he ever becomes available to the public around here. At least, I sure hope so. Him and any other ilk who wanna try it.