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Originally Posted by Bobbie416
Thank you for clearing up the issue regarding Aspergers syndrome. I would say that it is fairly obvious that the shooter suffered from some kind of mental illness or how could he have done what he did? However, people with Aspergers are not a danger to society. A very good example of someone with Aspergers, I believe, is Sheldon on Big Bang Theory.
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Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and other notorious killers in US criminal history did terrible deeds but I would not call any of these people criminally insane. They planned very carefully most of the time for the evil deeds they did. I just see the Newtown mass murderer as being in some kind of deranged rage twisted around his mother's feelings towards him and her plan to have him committed. If that was truly her plan, she obvioulsy thought he had mental problems.
The Manson prosecutor had some comments on the insanity of Charles Manson. He was evil and not mentally ill.
Q&A: Vincent Bugliosi on Charles Manson - TIME