… are set to start. On Monday, George Huguely goes on trial for the murder of Yeardley Love; and next month Amy Bishop will be tried for killing three, and injuring another three, of her colleagues at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
UD suspects the Huguely trial will be straightforward, and that he will be convicted on the charge. Amy Bishop appears to be a madwoman, and that makes her sentence harder to anticipate (she will certainly be found guilty).
UD will follow both trials.
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:11PM
I believe that Alabama hews to a fairly restrictive version of the M’Naghten standard on insanity; Bishop might easily qualify as insane in Massachusetts (or Maryland) but her lawyers will have to work much harder to make the case there.
February 3rd, 2012 at 4:06PM
“Mr Punch Says: I believe that Alabama hews to a fairly restrictive version of the M’Naghten standard on insanity; Bishop might easily qualify as insane in Massachusetts (or Maryland) but her lawyers will have to work much harder to make the case there.”
Well, we did elect Fob James and Guy Hunt as governor. And Roy Moore Chief Justice. We know insane!
(rimshot from drums)
Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week, folks.