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."

Comments

Good luck for Holmes

[Anonymous Coward]

If he's willing to submit to drug-enhanced interrogation, he's certified crazy!

Re:Good luck for Holmes

[Alranor]

There's somebody called Yossarian on the phone, I think he wants to talk to you ...

Precedent...

[Anonymous Coward]

Neddy: "You're mad, mad I tell you!"
Bluebottle: "Little does he know that I'm as sane as the next man."
Eccles: "Little does HE know that I'm the next man!"

Re:Precedent...

[kramer2718]

“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.”

Re:Scientific basis

[Black Parrot]

Careful where you point your fingers or you might leave with fewer than you planned.

it sounds like you intend to pull his fingers off .... gasp ... torturer

Please, don't pull his finger.

Re:In English, please

[OzPeter]

Or at least with correct punctuation and grammar.

You must be new here. Pointing out that the editors are clueless idiots and then having them ignore any valid criticism is just a part of "charm" of the site.

Re:Yet we still don't know what really happened

[MatthewCCNA]

"Eh, you never know what you're capable of. I never thought I could shoot down a German plane, but last year I proved myself wrong." - Abe J. Simpson