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Originally Posted by pylon
In fairness, and I am not suggesting he is faking it.... but was he not a Psychology Graduate? If there was ever someone that could pull it off, he certainly would have the right credentials and a better chance than most of the population to get away with it, and know what the system would look for to dodge a conviction.
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Pull what off exactly Pylon? He's not walking out the doors of the courthouse as a free man in any sense. What he's going to endure for the, very likely, next decade would be no less terrible than prison. Imagine living your prime years in a hospital where everyone around you is crazy or thinks you are (on top of "many" thinking you are evil incarnate). Imagine being so doped up on medicines with such horrible side-effects that those that actually do need them occasionally don't take them. We''re not talking about a walk in the park here. For a mentally stable person, this is closer to hell on earth.
And his reward? Once he's released he's an outcast that many feel is no better than Jeffrey Dahmer.
He's a psychology graduate, so he knows enough that this was probably the last thing he wants to endure. If you want to chase the tinfoil theories and assume he is a pure evil genius, getting caught like this doesn't really add up. If he wanted infamy it does, but then you should expect more of a James Eagan Holmes reaction throughout, not the remorseful apology letter.
Not to mention there's also evidence, and non to the contrary, that he charged at a cop with his pistol drawn. He wanted to be killed at the time (not quite suicide by cop as he thought he would come back as the Son of God). And this was after he brushed off an attack from a police dog.