ElfLord Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 MAN! You beat me to it! Jury convicts Smart kidnapper, rejects insanity
Mordecai Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 I hope I'm not wicked for hating this guy and feeling he deserves to be put to death. Well, I guess that means I'm a little wicked. I'm sure the prophet would suggest I pray about this and learn to feel sorry for him instead. What a monster, though. Geze.
thesometimesaint Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Tragic end to a more tragic affair.
Hick Preacher Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 MAN! You beet me to it! Jury convicts Smart kidnapper, rejects insanity Mitchell is called a "Street Preacher" five times on this web page.Hummm...
Hick Preacher Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Our boys not crazy, it seems.He may well be crazy,( mentally ill) but not legally insane. There is a difference.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense
ElfLord Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Mitchell is called a "Street Preacher" five times on this web page.Hummm...Well you would agree that he isn't your typical conference going "street-screacher". Right?
Hick Preacher Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Well you would agree that he isn't your typical conference going "street-screacher". Right?Yes, a completely different sort indeed. In some ways, LDS missionaries are 'Street Preachers' too. But I find it strange how media often misapplies common labels, titles, and concepts and crosses categories when reporting stories. Street Preachers, are being associated with dangerous nut-cases in this Utah case. Very interesting choices of descriptions are being used. Very crafty writing indeed. I am wondering if this term "Street Preacher' in this article was used to associate Mitchell with LDS Missionaries, or Utah Conference 'screachers'?? I guess the 'news industry' is all about crafting sensations, making a novelty, and getting reader's attentions-- and making bucks in the process.
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Well they have found Brian Mitchell guilty at last. Does anyone here think he was insane? I never believed it. (and)What do you think his punishment should be? Here is story
Hick Preacher Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Well they have found Brian Mitchell guilty at last. Does anyone here think he was insane? I never believed it. (and)What do you think his punishment should be? Here is story
thesometimesaint Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Pa Pa:Don't know what Utah law is on the subject. But he'll probably never see the outside of prison in this life.
zelder Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Well they have found Brian Mitchell guilty at last. Does anyone here think he was insane? I never believed it. (and)What do you think his punishment should be? Here is storyI love closure. I'm glad this is over. He needs to be locked up whether or not he's insane. He's to dangerous to ever be allowed out of prision again.
thesometimesaint Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 zelder:Actually it is better if he is not insane. Statistically the criminally insane spend twice as long in prison than the non-insane for the same crime.
ElfLord Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 However, on second thought, His Hymn singing approaches the level of "street-screaching".
Hick Preacher Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 However, on second thought, His Hymn singing approaches the level of "street-screaching".Tone of voice?But that is nothing compared to the crimes he did. When one reads the media reports of the trial testimony- he did horrible and really bad capital crimes. Mitchell performed multiple kinds of harmful and repeated atrocities upon an innocent young victim.Mitchell can never be allowed to live in the general population ever again-- as long as he lives.
Mortal Man Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Tragic end to a more tragic affair.Tragic in the sense that Elizabeth Smart and everyone else will have the privilege of paying for his housing, food, clothing, medical care, lawyers etc. for the rest of his life.
thesometimesaint Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Mortal Man:Tragedy that we show more humanity than he did?
Mortal Man Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Mortal Man:Tragedy that we show more humanity than he did?"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith
Deborah Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 What I want to know is why it took so long to get here?
ERayR Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Tragic end to a more tragic affair.I guess I don't understand your reasoning. Given what he did why is it a tragic ending?
thesometimesaint Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 ERayR:The waste of a life is always a tragic thing.
ERayR Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 ERayR:The waste of a life is always a tragic thing.True but that happened along time before this tragedy began.
ElfLord Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Pa Pa:Don't know what Utah law is on the subject. But he'll probably never see the outside of prison in this life.Thats it... bycott taxes! Strike strike strike
ElfLord Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 What I want to know is why it took so long to get here?Well it did take them 9 months just to find her / him.
ElfLord Posted December 10, 2010 Posted December 10, 2010 Well they have found Brian Mitchell guilty at last. Does anyone here think he was insane? I never believed it. (and)What do you think his punishment should be? Here is storyA parade of experts took the witness stand to say Mitchell had an array of diagnoses, from a rare delusional disorder and schizophrenia to pedophilia, anti-social personality disorder and narcissism. A punishable offense I might add.
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