Gunman William Spengler Used Bushmaster, Left Chilling Note

[freshwest]

72. Yes, we're looking back after this crime and perhaps making the case worse than it appeared then.

It just doesn't seem to me that the man was able to change his ways, regardless of the 'break' he was given. Perhaps he led an 'upstanding' life in his community and with his family since 1998. We don't know the case, we're just gossiping.

But to beat someone to death, a person who was 92-years-old, doesn't sound spur of the moment. Yes, a hammer is a handy implement. But it says 'beat to death' which is not self-defense, but probably took a while. That is being out of touch with a number of basics.

We have problems funding social infrastructure. In my internet know-it-all opinion, if he was found incompetent, he should have been locked up in a facility for the criminally insane for many years, because there are certain lines society can't afford to allow to be crossed.

If he was criminally insane, that is. Your point that it was a plea bargain is an excellent one. The legal system has been under attack for years, with overworked and unfunded public defenders offices and an assembly line of rushing people through court. So the plea bargain is the faster and cheaper than a trial which would convict or possibly set someone free. I've read in some areas, prosecutors have admitted they don't seek higher charges because of financial restraints because they simply are not being funded.

Perhaps I spoke too harshly, as a few of us, have this is really depraved stuff and it's infuriating.