• socphoenix@midwest.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    I am struggling to figure out how anyone could be convicted of stalking under this ruling. Some of his texts even involves death threats!

    • GuyDudeman@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I would say that he did demonstrate that he was insane, and therefore should be confined to a mental health institution.

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        1 year ago

        But that’s the thing. Are they going to…put him in a mental institution? Because he desperately needs to be in a good one. I would be much more ok with this ruling if he were. I’m getting the sense he’s going back to society where he will behave totally normally from now on.

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      1 year ago

      You can demonstrate intent without an admission, and it doesn’t require intent to get a conviction for harassment. Stalking is different.