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Originally Posted by blankall
This isn't quite correct.
He was found guilty, after a trial. There was no plea deal. The judge accepted his plea, but that just means that the judge accepted whether he was pleaded guilty or not-guilty, for example.
Jurors did not unanimously give him the death sentence, as some took his history of mental health issues into account during sentencing.
You're overall point is correct though. Entirely different situation. Holmes was found to have a mental illness, but totally able to understand the nature of his actions as they related to the charges against him.
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There are also many examples in the states of people with schizophrenia who were not able to understand their actions and who were convicted anyway and now serve long sentences in jail untreated or minimally treated for their illness. It seems really barbaric but that's justice in Texas.