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Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity
xclr8r writes "James Holmes representation did not enter a plea today in with regards to the Aurora, Co. Movie theater shooting so the Judge entered a plea of not guilty for James that could be changed at a later date by Holmes' attorney. The judge entered an advisory that if the plea was changed to Not Guilty by insanity that Holmes would be subject to a 'narcoanalytic interview' with the possibility of medically appropriate substances could be used e.g. so called truth serums. Holmes defense looks to have initially objected to this but as the previous article seems to infer that some compromises are being worked out. This certainly raises legal questions on how this is being played out 5th, 14th amendments. The legal expert in the second article states this is legal under Co. law but admits there's not a huge amount of cases regarding this. I was only able to find Harper v State where a defendant willingly underwent truth serum and wanted to submit the interview on his behalf but was rejected due to the judge not recognizing sufficient scientific basis to admit the evidence."
1, 3, and 4 definitely show a person, at least isn't paying much attention. However, being lied to by the people who raised you and misinformed doesn't really make one insane.
Talking about the NRA as if its some nutjob group though? Well that doesn't show insanity either, but it does show one to be almost as misinformed as the people in categories 1, 3, and 4. The NRA is just a lobby group....and one which represents a huge cross section of society.
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
1) This isn't "not paying attention", there is no absolute proof that God does or does not exist, so believing one way or another is fine
2) Yeah, this is certifiably crazy. The N.R.A. goes overboard and uses overboard scare tactics with it's members. If you aren't crazy when you join, you will be fairly quickly. A recent amusing conversation:
Friend: Damnit, why do they keep trying to restrict what guns we can own? As long as we are responsible, what is the problem?
[I try to argue a moderate position for a while... long story short, it ends with]
Me: You know, people in the N.R.A. want these guns too.
Friend: Oh, right. I see your point.
3) Yeah, ok, yean, that's not paying attention
4) Umm... bitch was/is a batshit crazy hypocrite. To what extent do you have to "not pay attention" to fail to notice that. Insane.