02-21-2018, 04:57 PM
(02-20-2018, 04:26 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: I see jury deliberations for this monster are underway.
Observation #1: shouldn’t take long to decide on the needle
I think he'll probably get the death penalty too, but sometimes juries surprise me.
His Defense Attorney is arguing that he is mentally ill and "wired differently."
According to her, Smith started showing signs of sexual awareness by the age of 5, and when he was 10, he was exhibiting "voyeuristic tendencies."
She said that Smith started showing signs that he was a pedophile at age 20.
'Nobody says "I think I'll be a pedophile for the rest of my life." It's a mental disorder,' the lawyer told the court.
I hate that kind of bullshit excuse and sympathy ploy in cases like these. Even if one accepts that pedophilia is a mental disorder, not all pedophiles kill children (in this case, extremely brutally).