Sargent & his Mom Jane Ellen
Posted on 05/22/2010 8:45:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The plea was passionate, dramatic and effective: haunted to addiction by memories of a Bosnian mass grave and the shooting of a teen in Honduras, former U.S. Army Capt. Sargent Binkley robbed two Silicon Valley pharmacies for painkillers.
A Santa Clara County jury came back in January 2009 with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity for the first robbery. Because of that verdict, a San Mateo County judge in March approved a plea bargain between Binkley and prosecutors that called for mental health treatment rather than a lengthy prison sentence for the second pharmacy stickup.
"People who fight our wars and serve our country should absolutely get special treatment," said Binkley's attorney Chuck Smith,
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Hey, I’m a Vet and I still had to pay my speeding ticket. Whassup wit dat?
Sargent & his Mom Jane Ellen
Did you even try the insanity defense?
No, I’m to nuts to think rationally enough to do that.
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