thefragile7393
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I'm reading A Beautiful Child.
I object to his being sentenced to death. He is clearly deranged. In his trial for the kidnapping of Michael, he asks the prosecutors incomprehensible questions that are flawed from the get-go. He is insane. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
As Matt Birkbeck puts it, "For every question Floyd asked, Fitzpatrick returned either pointed answers or incredulous reactions, not understanding Floyd's incoherent line of questioning. Floyd looked and sounded foolish, and with each response from Fitzpatrick, he was becoming increasingly frustrated."
His examination is described as "rambling".
In my opinion, he should have been declared not guilty by reason of insanity, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Death is not only too good for him (he deserves to suffer), it's also cruel and unusual punishment considering that he is clearly not capable of understanding how to make a coherent defense. He just asked weird questions the whole time he was doing the cross-examination.
Unfortunately he isnt suffering. We often think that but in reality ppl such as this dont feel bad for what theyve done. They have no conscience. They dont care..,they arent like regular people who would be in agony if they caused the death of someone. Hes gotten along just fine all these years while claiming hed never give Suzannes true identity or what happened to Michael. He was quite happy to hang that over LEs head. Hes not miserable in the least.
And just because he may have a mental illness (Im not totally convinced there is something there chemically either) does not mean hes insane. You dont get away with what he has for so long by being insane. He knows right from wrong-which alone shows he isnt insane-and he is wily, crafty, and has about every personality disorder in the book quite possibly to probably. As hes gotten older hes gotten loopier yes, but he still knows right from wrong. Death is ideal for him from what I can see.