Ha or ever. I think part of why I am unsympathetic is I can remember a lot of people this fucked up from high school. Adolescence is fucking crazy.

You seemed, to me, to make a statement to the effect that because she is at all mentally ill she should not be found legally responsible for the consequences of her actions. I may or may not have misread your post, but my response was polite - I said her texts indicate she can tell right from wrong, which is what…

Yeah I posted elsewhere that her lawyers would do better to pursue that strategy than the insanity defense.

Jesus christ. I just don’t go in for this kind of shit on here, sorry. Argue with someone else.

Yeah they must have a damage control strategy at best. It’d be easier to argue that regardless of her actions, she bears no responsiblity for his actions than it would be to argue that she didn’t understand what she was doing.

You seriously must be trolling. Armchair psychologist? Look in the mirror, friend, we are the same.

Yeah see I don’t think a lawyer is gonna get far arguing that she can’t “feel” morals like the rest of us. That law is written specifically to avoid that argument - KNOWLEDGE of right and wrong, even in the absence of an internal moral compass, is what counts. This lawyer is going to have to argue that she is somehow…

I agree the post comes off as classist but that text was obviously sent to him on purpose to test the waters. If this actually happened that is.

Well, I would totally love the recording and love that my bf made the recording, and also let all my friends listen... but I wouldn’t write a blog post about it, let alone a blog post that is obviously intended for this woman to read...

Yeah that was really too much to take.

No not really. See David Ruddock’s response for a lengthier explanation but under the law you simply have to understand that society views a thing as wrong, you don’t have to feel that it is wrong yourself. This girl fits that description. Psychopaths and sociopaths go to prison all the time.

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She demonstrated knowledge that what she was doing was wrong, would cause his family to hate her and for the police to come after her. Even in the presence of serious psychological issues which I would argue are not evident here, this ability to discern right from wrong prevents her from using the insanity defense.

Power over someone vulnerable.

She knew what she was doing.

If that boy were my son this girl would be lucky to be sent to prison. None of us are perfectly stable and this girl knew what she was doing in spite of her own issues. There are much worse texts to dig up than what is posted above.

I have, unfortunately, a lengthy history with the healthcare system, including pharmaceutical companies, thanks to my former S.O. who suffers from Crohn’s disease and I am firmly in the kill them all camp. I agree Obamacare will have to be overhauled BUT I think it did the politically invaluable thing which is getting…

I’m very happy to live somewhere that recognized my need both times I applied for aid. I can’t imagine what it’s like in red states. I’m for a single payer system so we can all just get taken care of whenever we need it without having to add another mountain of paperwork to our endless to do lists. Staying current on…

No because I live in the Bronx ;). I did start my second pregnancy on employer provided insurance and had to switch in my second trimester when I got fired - and I had to find a new doctor. But if all is well that ends well, I had no problems with Medicaid. It’s probably fair to say that I had to spend slightly more…

Seriously. Ugh. You can’t cause FAS as easily as people think and the evidence of that is literally everywhere around us.