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MLAA

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Sun Oct 6, 2024, 11:15 AM Oct 2024

Will TFG be competent to stand additional trials by the time they finally start? [View all]

Here is a long, but interesting, article about people with dementia committing crimes. I found it when pondering the question of whether TFG will ever go to prison. Until recently I was optimistic. Perhaps if the sentencing of the fraud case happens soon and requires doing time, maybe. Now that his mental health is quickly unraveling I’m starting to think he will not. Not only must he be competent for trial, he must also be competent for the sentencing.

Damn the long delays of nearly 4 years in the documents and interference cases.



https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-people-with-dementia-commit-crimes/#:~:text=Charges%20are%20typically%20dropped%20once,behavior%20do%20end%20up%20incarcerated.

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