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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You can't be sure you killed someone after a few stabs. Self defense lessons state that you have to stab multiple times in quick succession to put down an opponent - forever.
She is guilty of murder, plain and simple. Should be jailed for life.
The other hand is for keeping count of the number of stabs. I suppose after counting 5 with her fingers she made a small cut on herself, and so on, and tallied up the small cuts when done. She was very precise with the count to equal 100.
The Babylon Bee just gets funnier every day!
I agree
New Murder Metric for punishment for stabbing murders:: one hour of community service for each stab wound.
Revive the old Twinkie defense b/c the pot smoking murderer also had the “munchies” b/c of the pot/
Yeah, the old twinkie defense.
The judge must have put that to the test right before sentencing.
I watched one of those reality shows where a wife stabbed her husband 93 times.
She had cuts on herself because, as the prosecutors explained, the knife was slick from the victim’s blood!
During the ferocious attack, Spejcher recalled hearing voices saying things like, ‘keep going, don’t stop, you’re almost there, you can do this.’
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Drugs are what opens the door to release the demonic evil spirits...
Nearly SIX years ago and this case is just being adjudicated.
Did the dog die also, or does she only get one “kill marking” tattoo?
I need to start smoking pot and track down all of my enemies now...
At least have a few loose joints in the console tray, just in case.
It will probably work.
After a few weeks, you might forget what the rubber band is there for. 😆
Result of snitches get stitches. Black lives really don’t matter when it comes to crime.
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