2012-07-23, 02:54 PM
Ryosuke Wrote:Ok.. so that sums up that you DON'T know what mentally ill means.. Because you just listed someone with a Mental DISORDER.
Anyways, not going to bother with you.
As I am more interested in this case as a whole. I kind of want the person who knew James personally to post a bit more, as it seems like he might have known him fairly well. I'm just interested in what makes people turn to these things. I have done some research on other various cases and some serial killings, and there are a lot of similiarities. Pretty annoying how some people are already starting to make jokes on twitter and FB and such.
I think the term you're looking for is "Pleading Insanity", which is more determining whether the person was insane or not.
definition Wrote:The definitions of legal insanity differ from state to state, but generally a person is considered insane and is not responsible for criminal conduct if, at the time of the offense, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, he was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts
It isn't anything about whether he's competant or not, just the fact if he know's what he did. He could have been a college student that finally cracked under pressure or the lack of social support, thus looking for attention. He clearly had no social life, so maybe depression got to him, what deterimines this plea is if he can fathom the worth of a human life/actions he took and why they are wrong.