You can be crazy and premediate murder.
You can be crazy and plan to murder and carry it out.
Will the system execute you for it?
Probably not, and that is why they will use this as His defense.......more then likely.
I'm not sure what the point is that you are trying to make. It's not that simple.
There are certain criteria for an insanity plea---
He won't meet those.
There will be now.
Pastors hatch Pastors
Evangelist's hatch Evangelists
Martyrs hatch martyrs
Devil's hatch devils.
Liars hatch liars
Everything is reproduced "after its kind".
Copies. I don't think there will be another Charlie. There will be others but no one just like him.
He was no one's parrot.- - -
highly intelligent, very disciplined, fiercely loyal, totally dedicated, a true believer, a diplomat, fair minded, and so much more.
I really respect his righteous anger and questions of Israel in the past year. He was not a blind shill anymore. No one can say he did this for money.
IN the End Charlie's Kirk's Catholic Wife will probably plead for the shooter's life, which will put him in prison for the American public to support for about 20 yrs.
She seems to be a lovely God-fearing person. I've heard she has left that to the authorities. I agree with that, although my reason is a little different. I don't believe Charlie would have asked for the death penalty either- not for a second. The authorities will do what they do. That's fine with me.
Taxes wont go up if he lives or down if he is is killed. What does that matter? I think he would rather die.
He was raised in a cult- maybe he never heard the true gospel, I know I never did being raised in the JWs- i had no idea. I had a list of rules to follow and a hope to "maybe" have a chance to earn life over a 1000 yr long judgment day..so my deeds in this life did not matter since when I died all of my sins would be paid for by dying.
So I don't know what this guy knew or what Mormons teach specifically- but he deserves a chance to learn the true gospel and to believe. That can take time if you have been taught very differently since you were a child. So even if he gets the death penalty I hope he is at least given the chance.
I hope they dont let Him write a Book while he's in there, and become filthy rich while He's waiting for parole.
The nut (MDChapman) who shot John Lennon, wrote a book about it, and made a lot of money.
Money doesn't help much sitting in a cell.
Also, the reason the Death Penalty is good...........is because it prevents a lot of murders.
This is because it gives people a pause to reflect, and think....>>"if i do this, they are going to Kill me".
This shooter is young and ...was perhaps was not considering that He could have traveled to a Charlie Event in a State that didnt have Captial punishment.
OR, he did think about this, and thought".....>"if i choose to Murder Charle in a State where there is no Capital punishment, then they will most likely consider that i was pre-meditating the murder"..
I agree that it
could be an example, however most states no longer have it.-- so it wouldn't mean much. I think it's only 3 states now.
I don't think much other than his own hatred went through his mind.