re: #490 tnguitarist

Diagnosing from afart? Frist?

Armchair diagnosis, yeah. But one has to start somewhere.

The legal standard for an insanity defense is very high. But to get the death penalty, prosecutors normally need to show that there is nothing remotely like an exonerating or mitigating factor in the situation.

I predict conviction on all sorts of counts, but no death penalty, and mandatory psychiatric treatment. Given the number of people he killed, he’ll probably serve a life sentence and die in prison.