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My thoughts are that his lawyer declined to request a psych assessment from the Court because if he had, the document would be shared among Court and Prosecution as well. He can still get a psych assessment done and I would bet he will pay for a private one (rather than a Court-ordered one) from...

Agree with you Jeanne, except for one thing: the defendant does not need to prove he is not guilty; he does not need to prove anything in fact: it is for the Prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the acts he is charged with and is therefore guilty of the...

I agree that a cluey defence lawyer would run an insanity defence, but just because someone has a mental illness doesn't mean they can run an insanity defence. Have to prove he didn't know right from wrong. His flight from the country post commission of the crime is consciousness of guilt...

PS - anyone know for certain whether LRM is NOT being granted internet access whilst being held in custody in Berlin?? How do we know he is not still accessing the internet even post arrest? And if he is, perhaps LE are deliberately letting him continue doing so, being the narcissist that he is...

It is and BB is very concerning. Notice BB's profile pic now bears devil horns - referred to by Magnotta in his audition for cosmetic surgery.

Upping the ante indeed. Precisely - you said it much more succinctly than I did! Thanks!

I have been similarly curious as to why, if this is not his first murder, why he didn't refer to his previous crimes online in his gazillion web posts about himself. But I have a very strong inkling that he did in fact commit similar crimes before and was disappointed about the lack of media...

Indeed it does suggest premeditation. The flipside is that it could also be used as part of his defence - ie that he should be found "not guilty by reason of mental impairment" at the time - and that these posts showed he himself thought he was mentally ill. As to whether such electronic...

I know - weird, huh? I would not be surprised if when this matter goes to trial, his defence team try using this as evidence he would sleepwalk and not be conscious at the time of what he was doing. But that would be very difficult to reconcile with the fact he then posted the body parts...

Just checked out that link and the site - weird. Prosecutor's but also criminal defence lawyer's treasure trove. This one is particularly concerning, namely the bit about not remembering what one has done and wondering about it: http://estrip.org/articles/read/lukamagnotta/49153/Sleep-Walking.html

I agree with you, Wondergirl; as a former criminal prosecutor (aka District Attorney), and by way of analogy, having prosecuted a number of revolting people for possessing and downloading online child *advertiser censored* (CP), I know from research and studies that without people to consume such stuff...

oops - thanks; still navigating my way around the site!

Hi all. New here though have been reading WS over the past week as this hideous case unfolds. Re the links to the Hollywood murder, which LE is looking into in relation to LRM, I'm wondering if it's been absolutely confirmed by LE that the "HollywoodLoveLetters" account was really a troll acct...