SandyMiller's Blog

Let him do it. Less tax dollars would be paid out.

I've heard how one jail provided a suicide watch . . . they cuffed the person to a bench. The cuffs had a long chain attached. Sitting next to the bench was a trash can with a plastic liner. The person was cuffed there for several hours. The person, who said she was not suicidal, but distressed, could have very easily used the supplied restraints and plastic bag to do herself in if she would have chosen to.

Insofar as someone being on suicide watch, if this is the case the individual needs to be properly evaluated and watched by a MH professional, not an officer of the law. I think that the majority of those who are charged with a crime do suffer from some sort of situational depression, but very few would actually be suicidal.

No individual should ever be given the opportunity to commit suicide. The very fact that someone is "really" suicidal shows that they are not in a proper state of mind to make rational decisions for themselves and should receive professional assistance before being allowed to participate in any court proceedings.

Sure we want individuals to pay for the crimes committed, but do we want someone to go into court where they are unable to participate in a legal proceeding? This is not saying that because you may have received a diagnosis that you cannot participate, but instead that there is a point of reference to clarity and then there is a point of reference to delusional thinking.

Yep let him do it. He should be hanged anyway like Suddamm. Forgive me Lord.

Oh, and...hi Sandy!

I figure if he wants to kill himself, let him go for it! Hopefully he'll get the job done and not end up just injured so that more tax dollars are spent on his medical care...which brings up a question: Why is it that people in jail or prison get all this medical care? I'm an honest, law-abiding citizen who cannot afford health insurance. I guess if I get sick, I'll have to get myself thrown in jail so I can get help! Sheesh!

This is a dumb question!!! The way our system works is innocent till proven guilty..NOT GUILTY TILL PROVEN INNOCENT...As far as suicide goes he has not been convicted of anything yet just charged and the media and the cops need to shutup about the case until the facts come out if your going to lynch him in the media then where is that fair and maybe thats why hes on suicide watch because he knows he is not going to get a fair trial..

If he was going to kill himself he would'nt be telling people that..Most people that kill themselves don't tell people then do it..They just do it...He is seeking something probably wants the media to layoff its not even been to court yet so all these judegments are foolish he deserves the same rights as anybody which is innocent till proven guilty..Don't worry if he is guilty he will swing but lay off the guy no wonder Murdoch is selling.. This is the only channel still going on about this guy..

marmee54,None of us including the media know the facts of the case he has plead not guilty..This is what the media does puts thoughts and ideas into the publics head..In this country you are presumed innocent until proof'n guilty...The media in this country is famous for misleading information...They need to let the people that defend and prosucute do there jobs. And the media needs to report with unbias opinion..

Great points by MIKE-FROM-IL,because on one hand while it's awfully odd that he's only slighly injured while the others die much like that case years back in Boston,Mass.,but then AGAIN because none of us or anyone actually SAW it...meaning what if...the only exception's something like that husband&wife raping-murdering team[Deena Davis]where sinse they're red handed on tape,HOW could they be innocent?!

Madbear, I understand your skeptisium however we don't know the whole truth..We know what the dead ladys parents and friends say..But we don't know them anymore then the accused so we have to wait until the trial and then as Paul Harvey would say(we will know the rest of the story)The problem with fox is there newscast is to long they only need a 1 hour program period a half hour at 5 and a half hour at 6 they don't have a proper format so they fill it in with garbage just my opinion..And way too many personalitys..