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MADem

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50. Crazy like a fox, perhaps?

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:13 PM

Jan 2013

"There is no reason. I just pushed him in front of the train because I thought it would be cool," she said, according to the Queens district attorney's office.

If it is a hate crime (she pushed him because of his ethnicity/religion) that carries much more harsh prison time than if she plays the "insanity" card, where she'd end up in a (relatively) posh mental hospital.

It's all confinement, but one class of confinement is a bit more comfy than the other. Also, one can be declared sane if one plays those cards right. "I was treated and now I am cured! I am no longer a danger to anyone!" she can claim. Previously, she was insisting that she hated Muslims and that's why the poor guy got the shove--someone must have explained the whole sentencing guidelines thing to her...

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Subway push suspect laughs [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2012 OP

Yeah... Seems a few fries short of a happymeal. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #1

sounds more like too much happymeal. kwassa Dec 2012 #16

I guess the stage is already being set for some "mental illness" bullshit bluestateguy Dec 2012 #2

guess i'm not clear on why it should be obvious there is no mental illness at play here.... unblock Dec 2012 #3

Clearly she's not right. I don't think they have to set the stage. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #4

Yeh, but "not right" and "mentally sick" does NOT mean she didn't know it was wrong. Bucky Dec 2012 #11

I agree, she could just be a sociopath who knew exactly what she was doing TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #15

This is the defense contained in the New York Penal Law. rug Dec 2012 #18

You have just illustrated a common misunderstanding regarding mental illness and the law slackmaster Jan 2013 #45

Mental illness is not BS Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #51

Many people do awful things because they think it is "cool".. and they are not mentally ill. secondwind Dec 2012 #5

Quite true. It's a very slippery slope. It's relative to the norm. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #52

A person may be mentally ill without being 'legally insane.' LongTomH Dec 2012 #6

Here is the NYT story that wan't up yet when I posted this she has a mental past!!!! Omaha Steve Dec 2012 #7

Thank you for this. Have a relative who needs monitoring but doesn't get it because when is good uppityperson Dec 2012 #10

If she smoked pot she wouldn't have been on the streets.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2012 #14

really? I don't know about NY, but in many states, smoking pot does not land you cali Jan 2013 #42

Cop Shops get Fed money for pot busts. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #46

I must not be watching enough fox news....... wandy Dec 2012 #8

easy sbmvv Dec 2012 #12

Apparently, it's also open season on anyone with a mental health diagnosis. Denninmi Dec 2012 #22

how do we know there are mental health issues involved in many of these cases JI7 Dec 2012 #27

We don't know. Denninmi Dec 2012 #31

The CT school case is speculation Marrah_G Dec 2012 #38

Then accept my sympathies sbmvv Dec 2012 #33

Sorry, didn't think of it that way... wandy Jan 2013 #49

Re-Institutionalization. Now. Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #9

For whom? Denninmi Dec 2012 #23

the mentally ill with histories of threatening behavior, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #24

i guess same would apply to those without mental illness JI7 Dec 2012 #26

So, you're advocating incarceration for people not actually convicted of any crime? Denninmi Dec 2012 #32

Actually Marrah_G Dec 2012 #35

There is a pretty big difference between "potential" and "ticking time bomb" Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #39

Maybe because she has a history of violence towards others and not taking medication? Marrah_G Dec 2012 #34

It's open season on Muslims to some people. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2012 #13

Clearly she's a socio/psychopath. nt Locut0s Dec 2012 #17

Sounds like perhaps she should not have been let out of the hospital Marrah_G Dec 2012 #19

Perhaps she wants to avoid the "hate crime" charges? n/t crim son Dec 2012 #20

what mental iillness is it that results in someone attacking someone because they don't like JI7 Dec 2012 #21

She clearly has issues Marrah_G Dec 2012 #36

yeah, they all have issues, she admitted why she did it JI7 Jan 2013 #40

She has a severe and persistant mental illness cali Jan 2013 #43

And we know who keeps this hating alive every day... southerncrone Dec 2012 #25

Our decaying civilized society, NoOneMan Dec 2012 #28

Yup. Faux "news" and the rabble-rousers they celebrate like Pam Gellar. Archae Dec 2012 #29

What a sick f**k. She deserves to be locked up forever. smirkymonkey Dec 2012 #30

Blindingly obvious case of Psychopathy. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #37

time to put doors on subway platforms, i guess... grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #41

Obviously severely mentally ill slackmaster Jan 2013 #44

She looks like Backward-B Face girl obamamyprez Jan 2013 #47

that's who she reminded me of also JI7 Jan 2013 #53

Life in prison or life in a mental hospital. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #48

Crazy like a fox, perhaps? MADem Jan 2013 #50