This story was on the news when I got home today, and I came and did some research on it myself after seeing some of the reactions of some locals to the verdict.
And I have a very antagonistic view to theirs.
Amid the heartwrenching clips of crying family members and Mr. Despres being escorted to a police car by a retinue of armed guards, there were several pieces of the interviews with a bunch of the locals, all of whom were prattling on about how "the justice system has failed" or "we need to rethink the justice system"... and one that really got me. "If we're not responsible for our actions, then who is?"
To them I have to say: listen, asshole, the guy was suffering from extreme paranoid schizophrenia, a very intense mental illness. That's why the judge ruled that he couldn't be charged of the crimes. Until you have fucking lived with that condition, you don't know what is does to you. I would bet lots of money on the fact that you haven't even
researched the first bit about schizophrenia. Is a severely depressed person liable for attempting suicide? Is a mentally retarded person liable for inadvertently walking on the grass?
Yes, these murders were brutal and horrifying, but the fact that the guy isn't legally able to be charged for them is not a fucking failure of the justice system. Thank God you idiots weren't in the jury box, delivering a verdict of guilty because all of a sudden something terrible happens to someone close to you. We have
impartial juries for a reason. I hope you're never included in one, you sad old bitch. The guy is now on medication and is being helped for his problem; he isn't running rampant with his delusions like you would think he is from your insane reaction. There are times when nobody has to "pay" for the crime.
So, there. I've said my fill.