Posted on 01/23/2024 2:37:21 PM PST by fruser1
A California woman who stabbed a man she was dating 100 times and killed him, before turning the knife on herself and her dog, has been handed 100 hours of community service.
Bryn Spejcher, 32, was given the astonishingly low sentence following psychiatrists' ruling that the tragedy was '100 percent' caused by cannabis-induced psychosis, which she suffered after taking two hits of the victim's bong.
The judge ruled that Spejcher 'experienced a psychotic break from reality' and 'had no control over her actions' when she killed Chad O'Melia, then 26, on Memorial Day weekend 2018.
She will spend the 100 hours educating others on marijuana-induced psychosis and two years on probation - but has promised to spend the rest of her life debunking the myth that cannabis is harmless.
O'Melia's family cried when the sentence was read out at Ventura Superior Court, with the victim's father warning it gave 'everyone who smokes marijuana in this state a license to kill’.
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I think it was P. J. O’Rourke that mocked some stoners as “ two-bonghit William Blakes.” This chick is whole other thing.
Wow. She should be given the death penalty. Now she will have to be a community service person for 2 and 1/2 weeks... Don’t know what that is but I sure would not want it.
Step 1. Make drugs legal.
Step 2. Blame drugs for crimes committed under the influence.
Feminists need to shatter the glass ceiling of sentencing inequality
It sounds like this crazy idiot of a judge was high on cannabis when he came up with this insane ruling. I’ve never done drugs, not even a whiff of dope at a party, but I never heard of marijuana making one that crazed. Was it pure or cut with something like meth?
I bet if he had gone schizoid on her the result would be different
“ That bitch was crazy before she smoked the weed.”
Two hits wouldn’t do that. She should be in a rubber room until she can show it’s safe for her to be mixed in with the rest of us.
Then in future, hers should be legal then.
Reefer Madness
She was dating him 100 times? How is that relevant?
Oh. Sorry, just a sh*tty writer.
Marijuana raises the risk of entering an altered state of mind with schizophrenia for some people. You don’t know if you are at risk unless you try it.
I don’t think the DA can appeal anything in a criminal case. They get “one bite at the apple” as the saying goes.
meanwhile J6 political prisoners still rot in jail
I’m not a stoner but I don’t believe her BS argument for one nanosecond. She doesn’t want to take responsibility because she (1) had a bad childhood (2) was abused when a child (she was bullied by classmates when a child (4)her job was stressful (5) alcohol made her do it (6) it was the pot. Fill in the blank. She did it plain and simple. I know plenty of stoners who are completely normal.
Yep.
'I don't usually drink, and didn't want to, but they kept cajoling me and refilling my glass. They humiliated me because I didn't want to drink. I was forced to. I don't remember even getting into a car, let alone running over those four people..'
Dat’s some good chit!
WTF????
Ummm. The active chemical in marijuana is THC. I’m sorry to have to say what everyone here already knows...THC does not cause a person to have this kind of psychotic murderous episode. So...either this chick has something else going on or there was something else in that pipe she was smoking or both. Whatever the case...I’m guessing we’re going to be seeing more of this gal in the news soon.
The boyfriend was unavailable for comment.
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