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Accused Wis. Arsonist Found Not Mentally Responsible
Midwest News • January 30, 2008
A man who admitted setting fires that caused an estimated $500,000 damage has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect after a defense expert said he suffered from pyromania. ...
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| RE: Cali said | Maybe TX wants him? | Jan 31, 2008, 5:24 pm |
| Cali said "penal stretch"! *snort* | KLS | Jan 30, 2008, 5:29 pm |
| RE: Thoughts on this | Calif Ex Pat | Jan 30, 2008, 4:05 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Thoughts on this | Mr. Obvious | Jan 30, 2008, 2:26 pm |
| RE: RE: Thoughts on this | Dread | Jan 30, 2008, 1:04 pm |
| RE: Thoughts on this | Macarvi | Jan 30, 2008, 12:49 pm |
| RE: Thoughts on this | Ron | Jan 30, 2008, 12:49 pm |
| RE: Thoughts on this | lastbat | Jan 30, 2008, 10:21 am |
| Thoughts on this | lastbat | Jan 30, 2008, 10:20 am |
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Subject: Thoughts on this
Not able to stop himself because he really like fire? Give me a break! Okay, the mass rapist wasn't able to stop himself because he or she really liked sex, so they weren't really responsible for raping people. No good? How about the mass murderer wasn't really responsible because he really liked killing? No again? Let's try this one - the bank robber who robbed 30 banks isn't really responsible because he really likes money? No? So why does this one fit? I could see if they proved he had absoultely no ability to determine right from wrong, but not responsible because he really likes fire? Give me a break.
The only good part is it's not like he's going to walk free. I don't know how Wisconsin is, but in Oregon when you're remanded to the state looney bin it's almost worse than going to prison. If I remember what a nurse who works there told me correctly, once they are cured (in Oregon) they then go on to serve time for their crime; so the sentence is actually longer than if they hadn't copped an insanity plea. Again, I don't know what Wisconsin does.