You bet they will. As i explained in my post (#1808) in the previous page of this thread, it's the new rage.... NCR, automatism defense, and all the other excuses.
Look this one up :
Twinkie defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Playing devil's advocate, for everybody who is saying all his online writings and rants and behaviour proves he's not NCR, that's not necessarily true. The online references can and may be used as ammunition, added to his already large previous casefile history of illness, to prove just that. Again, you have to look at the Toronto Snowplow Murder verdict that just came down, the Guy Turcotte case... , etc ... these guys got off with what appears to be far less volume of evidence and past history of mental illness than Magnotta already has stocked up.
As for the Vincent Li case, yes, his actions were much more spontaneous it would appear, and he was undiagnosed. Does it really matter though? If you're off your meds , you could easily be in a state of psychotic delusion for weeks on end, the suddenly snap out of it if you return to your drugs.
When we analyze this, on the basic of legal outcome, we have to divorce ourselves of emotion and personal vengeance, when predicting the actual outcome, instead of what the right one should be. Yes, it's maddening. But this is the reality of the slippery slope we've gone down in modern times in this country. In our courts, in our schools, in our workplaces (example: Hi Susan, that's a very nice dress you're wearing today ... sexual harassment! you're fired!)
Wondering about the social implications of all the recent attention to crimes committed by " mentally ill " people.
Will some perps study and affect the symptoms of PS for potential advantage in court?
Should people fear and avoid involvement of any kind with persons with a condition which may cause them to uh, snap ?
