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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."
Name the country you're from, and I promise you I can find credible evidence of State-sponsored torture. Careful where you point your fingers or you might leave with fewer than you planned.
OH NOES SOMEONE FUCKED UP THEIR GRAMMAR ON /.! Who cares?
Apparently several good slashdotizens with positive karma did.
We all know what he meant
I had to read the sentence and fragments three times.
It didn't parse on first read; I ran into a wall.
On second pass, I was too busy added missing words and reshuffling to worry about what he meant.
On third pass I made a decent guess.
If you don't think grammar matters, I have a contract for a bridge I would like to sell you...