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You might have to talk to Mick and Keef about that.
If his mental health is such that he cannot stand trial, I question his ability to own a firearm, vote, drive a car, or otherwise do anything that generally requires some level of mental health.
"If his mental health is such that he cannot stand trial, I question his ability to own a firearm"
You would think, and common sense would tell you so, but I can easily see Negev or one of the Nevilles putting forth the argument that there is nothing in the Second Amendment which conditions the right to bear arms on good mental health.
And they would be wrong.
The 2nd Amendment prefaces the right to bear arms on the maintenance of "well-regulated militia". Mental health considerations would definitely fall under "well-regulated".
You forgot about that nasty comma!
I would agree with you, but apparently, the comma means the well-regulated militia actually has nothing to do with the right to bear arms.
To the gun-nuts and the Supreme Court conservatives, "well-regulated" justifies the right to bear arms, it doesn't qualify the right to bear arms.
The second amendment ensures an absolute right to wear short-sleeved shirts: i.e. to "bare arms."
Also, it gives Grizzlies the right to own guns, thus to "arm bears."
Bingo! That nasty comma could just as well be a period and then the start of a new paragraph.
If I recall my debaters' research into criminal justice reforms, mental illness would make a difference if
* at the time of the alleged violation, Jacob Chansley did not know right from wrong.
* at the time of trial, if he cannot assist in order to have his counsel present an adequate defense, and
* after conviction, to determine conditions and treatment during confinement or supervision.
It sounds like his mental health concerns are sufficient enough for a competency evaluation. And his lawyers have an ethical obligation to request one. If he's currently not competent to stand trial, he can't enter into a plea agreement either because he's not competent to knowingly and voluntarily waive his constitutional rights as required in any plea agreement.
Some variation on a diminished capacity defense was inevitable in at least some of these cases. But hey, this is at least a touch more sophisticated than Mr. Watkins' comments about his client from a couple of months ago:
"Transient schizophrenia with bipolar disorder" will likely serve Q-boy's interests more efficiently than "short-bus aspie dipshit who's too stupid and bereft of self-control to resist the siren song of trumpanzee pant-hooting."
"Diminished Capacity"?
That goes without saying. They followed Trump.
“The siren song of Trumpanzee pant-hooting” wins the comment sweepstakes today.
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Well, I guess Ttump gets a pass too, then? . . .
(. . . although, in his diminished capacity he probably already gave himself one . . .)
Stochastic Terrorism. Welcome to the Republican Party.
I expect a lot of these people, upon examination, will be found to be missing a few lights. Yammie-pie sings a siren song that brings out the worst in people who can be described as, at best, a bit unstable.
Crazy or not, he should still serve some time for felony bad fashion sense.
Get him treatment, sure, but I'm ambivalent about sympathy. I'd normally be flat-out opposed, but in Sympathy For The Devil the lyrical consequence for not having sympathy is "I'll lay your soul to waste." How I wish that wasn't also a realistic modern-day possibility, maybe not from the Shaman directly but from some of the crowd he ran with.
"…the psychological harm done by solitary confinement is very well known here in Colorado, where corrections officials in recent years have eliminated long-term solitary confinement entirely."
Really?
Isn't Supermax in Colorado?
Supermax is one of the legally bizarre locations — physically in Colorado, but NOT legally subject to Colorado's policies.
Supermax is BOP not CO DOC, so it's completely federal, and completely vile
“It’s a dirty job, but . . .” seems appropriate and not at all cliche in this case.
Not that very long ago most of the inmates now imprisoned there would have all been executed, or awaiting execution somewhere, as their only possibility.
Unfortunately, there are a few places in an imperfect and sometimes ugly world that are not, and can not be, about rehabilitation.
Sympathy and compassion are what Qbies make fun of us for having.
see: “liberal tears”, “bleeding heart librulz”, etc.
Chansley should get appropriate treatment, but no better than any other prisoner, most of whom Chansley’s fellow Trumpers would have absolute contempt for. Zero librul tears or compassion from me.