VLBA facility and vehicles damaged on Mauna Kea

[geochem]

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Originally posted by TomK

The defendant (Coleman) chose to have a non-jury trial. The outcome was that the state was not able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not mentally ill at the time of the attack so has been given a conditional release.

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#1. That's a new one to me - the state has to prove that a defendant is not mentally ill in order to prosecute him??? That's downright scary - the state couldn't prove that half the criminal defendants that they prosecute aren't mentally ill at the time of the crime. I can see this decision being used a lot in the future...

Which brings me to:
#2. I wouldn't count on our state's legal brain trust to prove that the sky was blue when the sun is shining...