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Nothing supports the claim of legal insanity.

Nothing supports the suggestion of mental illness.




Here is the heart of my argument - throwing an infant out the window of a moving automobile is full and complete proof to me of being fucking nuts. -Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy



Well, then you do believe in the death penalty for sane murderers?

I think you are trying to have your cake and eat it too.

If you don't believe in the death penalty for sane murderers and you don't believe in the death penalty for insane murderers, why are you caught up in trying to declare him insane?

The phrases "mental illness" and "legally insane" have specific definitions and we don't each get to individually decide for ourselves what they mean. Just because you think killing a child defines legally insane does not make it so.

So we are back to the starting point. What if you listen to testimony and he says something that changes your subjective and variable definition (based only on your gut feeling) of what legally insane means? Are you then for killing him? In other words, what if he provides a signed confession (not coerced ) that clearly convinces you that he was not crazy or insane or mentally ill--that he was angry and upset and maybe even intoxicated but that he knew full well what he was doing and clearly was not insane? Do you change your mind about us taking care of him or about the death penalty?


I suspect that if you didn't feel deep down that he deserved the death penalty for doing this, you wouldn't be so caught up in trying to declare him insane. If only to make yourself feel better.

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