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Originally Posted by Pturner
Not having watched the trial, I don't know whether she has been diagnosed with any mental defect or whether she has even been psychologically evaluated. However, I have read that psychopaths are masters at gaining sympathy and going undetected.
If she should not be punished and/or held criminally responsible in the event the jury decides that she committed homicide (of any degree), should all psychopaths go unpunished for heinous crimes? Should all sexual abuse victims?
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No! Nothing excuses a "heinous" crime. All I am saying is that there is a reason why Casey is the way she is....perhaps in the end there will be an official diagnosis by someone skilled in these kinds of illnesses. An explanation as to why she is the way she is is not an excuse, but it might shed some light on WHY she did what she did. She DOES need to be locked up somewhere where she can never kill anyone else. I picture her in solitary confinement where she will have a very long time to contemplate what she has done. Lots of us were abandoned as children and we were abused, sexually and in other ways. WE didn't turn out to be killers. Was it sexual abuse that made Casey disassociate from reality? Who knows? I know that it CAN happen. If she takes the stand and says as much, will any of us believe her after so many lies? Probably not.