Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper/rapist found guilty

[i.Sarita.com]

I'm glad they didn't find him "Not Guilty due to insanity"

He tried singing in court to seem crazy, and it was total BS.

I hope he gets life in prison and never gets a chance to ever be around another child again.

[forgottensinpwf]

Color me shocked.

Good, the prick deserves it.

[the5thhorseman]

It took this long to finish this case?

[i.Sarita.com]

Dec 10, 2010 13:14:37 GMT -5 the5thhorseman said:

It took this long to finish this case?

Gotta love the legal system, eh?

[emoney3265]

How... could anyone defend him? That's horrible. Hope he rots in hell. He should live a life in a torturous prison.

[Nr1Humanoid]

Can someone say Midnight Express. That would be too kind to this guy.

[Cyno]

I hope he gets life without parole.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Dec 10, 2010 13:18:13 GMT -5 emoney3265 said:

How... could anyone defend him?

Because that is how an adversarial justice system works.

I haven't followed the case at all, really, but there's no way insanity would have worked here. The requirements for that defense are so strict and this was drawn out over such a long time.

It only works in a fraction of a percent of cases, and even then it only results in a stay in an insane asylum rather than prison.


As for the length of time...courts have lots of work to do. Better they take awhile and get things right rather than rush things and get things wrong (which happens anyway)

[dlg3000]

Well, alright. He is finally getting was he deserves.

[BearDogg-X]

Dec 10, 2010 14:07:22 GMT -5 dlg3000 said:

Well, alright. He is finally getting was he deserves.

Agreed.

[britishbulldog]

Ass should have be executed. Lived in SLC when all this happened.

[Madman Szalinski]

In a matter of speaking, his ass IS gonna be executed....

[i.Sarita.com]

Dec 10, 2010 16:55:21 GMT -5 Madman Szalinski said:

In a matter of speaking, his ass IS gonna be executed....

I imagine he's going to be in protective custody. Other prisoners don't take kindly to child rapists and wouldn't think twice about killing this guy.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Dec 10, 2010 15:01:22 GMT -5 britishbulldog said:

Ass should have be executed. Lived in SLC when all this happened.

Unconstitutional to execute for non-homicide crimes.

[Red Impact]

I'm sort of surprised people still use the insanity defense. I know it's popular on TV and in movies but, in RL, insanity gets you more time behind bars than most convictions, it's just in a mental hospital instead of prison.

[Jay Peas 42]

Generally, the insanity defense is the best the defense can muster when the evidence is so heavy, they can't deny the accused's involvement, but they can offer an explanation for it.

[Cela]

Can anyone sum up the case, I remember the name but not what happened. Was she the one kidnapped by the two mormons 8 years ago?

[Dirty Hazy]

I'dve hit it!

[i.Sarita.com]

Dec 11, 2010 0:21:46 GMT -5 Cela said:

Can anyone sum up the case, I remember the name but not what happened. Was she the one kidnapped by the two mormons 8 years ago?

Yeah, that's the one. Stolen out of her bedroom, raped in the name of god, finally found alive (surprisingly, since most of the time the kids end up dead before being found in cases like that).

[Red Impact]

Dec 10, 2010 21:11:52 GMT -5 Jay Peas 42 said:

Generally, the insanity defense is the best the defense can muster when the evidence is so heavy, they can't deny the accused's involvement, but they can offer an explanation for it.

True, but a lot of states don't even allow it, and when they do, even a not-guilty verdict due to it would end with the accused locked away for a long time.