Lawyer: Van der Sloot to plead temporary insanity

Associated Press ^ | March 7, 2011

[sodpoodle]

I believe the father (Paul)died about a year ago while playing tennis.

The Van der Sloot parents raised a monster and they knew it.

[Cementjungle]

100 years... in with the general prison population. Nothing less.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Joran wishes he had been convicted in Aruba and spent prison time under the Netherlands system instead of facing prison in the Peruvian system.

40 years or so in a Peruvian prison is probably not very nice.

[dfwgator]

Defendant: I plead insanity.

Bailiff: Insanity???

Defendant: Yes, insanity...I’m was CRAZY about that girl!

-Cheech and Chong

[chesley]

Yes,

But i fear to endanger my own soul even to express what I really think should be done to him.

Besides, it might get me banned at FR,

But, I could be satisfied with hanging. It’s the minimum

[LucyT]

[MasterGunner01]

Van der Sloot isn't going to weasel on this. The insanity defense won't wash. He's going to do hard time. Whether it is in the general prison population — and he won't survive a year there — or in solitary confinement where his death is far slower — he's dead man walking.

[Fantasywriter]

Thanks for the ping. Didn’t he originally claim he didn’t do it, or is my memory playing tricks?

[J Edgar]

I sincerely suspect that “temporary insanity” is not a highly respect defense strategy in Peru!
I doubt that his attorney believes this is a good defense - but maybe his only defense!!

[apocalypto]

Thanks for the ping. I hope the “temprary insanity” plea will not work.