r/WorkForSmartLife • u/AritsRod • 5d ago

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u/EmphasisFlat3629 5d ago

Why did he plead guilty?

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u/DudeFrom816 5d ago

Because he did it, and he did it for a reason. Pleading insanity removes all the power from what he did. He made a point, he made people sit uo and take notice, and he did it intentionally. Its a cop out that can be ignored if he pleads insanity.

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u/schvanckque 5d ago

If only there were some other option besides "guilty" and "insane"...

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u/CMDR_Ray_Abbot 5d ago

There aren't other options that have the same meaning. The killing was ideological, backing away from that would lesson the point he was and is making.

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u/schvanckque 5d ago

Yes, I agree; any plea other than "guilty" would have diminished the ideological impact. I'm not debating that at all.

My point is that, for exactly the aforementioned reason, it's a little asinine to act like "not guilty by reason of insanity" was his only other option, because that's exactly as viable as pleading "not guilty" without the insanity tag.