Bora Bora wrote:That lawyer should be ashamed of himself. There are no excuses for what that animal did.
His previous lawyer asked the court to excuse him from representing him. At least that man had a conscience and obviously thought that his "client" was guilty of the crime as charged and didn't think he was "insane". As you said Doc, it's just a ploy by his lawyer to help his client escape the death penalty.
The simple fact is the law must always take it's own course. And for every case, no matter how grave the crime you have the prosecutor and the defense. And if it indeed an open- shut case then the prosecution should've sealed the verdict by now. The defense lawyer is merely doing his job. Infact I salute the defense lawyer because despite the painful moral dilemma of representing this criminal, the defense lawyer realizes that the law is far bigger than an individuals whims and fancies and the law clearly stipulates that every criminal has the right to defend himself. And no matter what it's of imperative importance that the law is upheld.
The article also indirectly stipulates that it was in fact the prosecution that botched things up by stating it was a premeditated murder and then falling short on facts to validate their claim. Now I'm not supporting the accused but upon reading the article one gauges that the dilemma the judge faces is that the prosecution cannot prove that the murder was premeditated and neither can they prove that he intentionally killed the child. In view of that fact no matter how insensitive it may seem to outsiders, it does make sense to call for a psychiatric evaluation. After all was it not this very crowd that was defending the Brit executed in China on grounds of mental health?
So an evaluation does not really mean that the criminal will get away. I'm sure no society would want such a man amidst them, but before pronouncing any sentence the judge needs to clearly ascertain all facts. And that is what's happening here.
PS Where is it mentioned that this guy had a past criminal record?