ThatOwlWoman (05-26-2018)
We do the same thing we'd do to anyone else that attacked another person with a knife.
Stop making excuses when people do things like this, treat them like the criminals they are instead of giving a slap on the wrist or finding some way to downplay the seriousness of it, and see just how quickly things change.
hmm... unstable guy convicted by a jury but not given the mental evaluation ordered and has no prospects of anything if released
I suggest that first he get the mental evaluation and is placed into care or whatever the experts decide. Have a lawyer talk to him and file a suit on his behalf for damages of that missed treatment. Government will not like controlling precedent on this so the goal of the suit should be a sealed settlement before it goes to trial. This way when he gets out he will have some seed money.
If you want to talk about mental illness, look at all those that voted for Obama because they thought his skin color meant he was qualified.
You claim Trump suffers from mental illness. When did you do an evaluation and what credentials do you have, and can verify, that gives you the ability to do that?
And that's the problem with ppl with mental illness. Sometimes their symptoms can be controlled with medication, but the nature of the illness predisposes them to not take the meds because they don't like the side effects. Who would pay for this kid's meds anyways? Even if he goes on SS disability, you have to wait two years to qualify for Medicare benefits. I think you're right -- either he will re-offend or someone will attack him. He is a danger to himself and to others too.
I think he also needs therapy, a guardian, an assisted living type arrangement, or perhaps institutionalization. The sheriff and other officers who visited with him for the last four years say he is the mental equivalent of a 7 or 8-yr old child, in a man's strong body. You wouldn't put an 8 yr old out on the street w/o assistance; it's insane to think that it's going to work with this guy who has a history of violence towards others.
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