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2012-01-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Loughner Update - A Primer On The Insanity Defense

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Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-19 08:29|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 >"incarceration often involves being placed in a drug induced coma for 23 hours in a day, for the rest of your natural life."

Please elaborate. I never heard of this. Any links to support???

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2012-01-19 10:31|| 2012-01-19 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Defense attorneys must convince a judge or jury that the defendant is insane.

"Your Honor. The defendant actually believes President Obama and Nancy Pelosi, that 'extending unemployment benefits creates more jobs than building the XL pipeline'. Clearly, he is insane"

Posted by Frank G 2012-01-19 12:15|| 2012-01-19 12:15|| Front Page Top

#3 ...or a member of the MSM. Then again one doesn't exclude the other.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-01-19 12:39|| 2012-01-19 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Scooter: Legally, the Supreme Court decided that the mentally ill may be forcibly treated in an effort to restore their competency for trial, but states are free to do so during detention in a state mental institution. Typically this involves administrating anti-psychotic medications called neuroleptic drugs. However, because such institutions are chronically understaffed, other drugs are used to achieve even greater passivity, though this is unethical.

Neuroleptic drugs such as Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel, Risperdal, Clorazil and Geodon cause tardive dyskinesia, which impairs their ability to walk and talk and causes uncontrollable facial twitches and drooling and rigidity of muscles and movement; neuroleptic malignant syndrome which causes muscle stiffness and rigidity, irregular heartbeat, high fever, high blood pressure, psychomotor inertia and, in some cases, death; shrinkage of the brain cortex (the seat of our reasoning abilities); reduced life expectancy; impaired immune system functioning; and increased risk of pituitary cancer and diabetes.

That is, by themselves they often greatly incapacitate the inmates. But add to that other drugs that tranquilize or are hypnotics and they in effect become comatose and far easier to maintain and manage.

The "23 out of 24" rule permits them the coherence to become conscious enough to eat and defecate, the purpose of which is to again, reduce staff work.

The whole system, nationwide, is pretty hideous, and even those who care about the mentally ill soon decide for the most part, it is better to let those that handle it do so, and to not think about it too much.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-19 13:41|| 2012-01-19 13:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Overstated, Anonymoose.

Neuroleptic drugs such as Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel, Risperdal, Clorazil and Geodon cause tardive dyskinesia

CAN cause tardive dyskinessia after chronic use - but often don't. There are many long time users of Seroquel and Risperdal that have no such side effects. Abilify's newer on the market.

Clorazil has been a godsend to some schizophrenics who aren't helped by other drugs, but it does have significant potential side effects.

Posted by lotp 2012-01-19 18:24|| 2012-01-19 18:24|| Front Page Top

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