[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by rob666 ↗

The case that brought the whole issue into focus for me was the NY subway shooter, Colin Ferguson.

He represented himself at trial, and you can see just how fucked up he is. He rejected an insanity plea, and instead tried to claim that a mysterious asian man pressed a computer chip into his brain and remote controlled him.

I need to refresh my memory of that case. I always found it odd that he was allowed to represent himself given the fantastic nature of the defense he mounted.

[rob666]

Originally Posted by Metal Mike ↗

I need to refresh my memory of that case. I always found it odd that he was allowed to represent himself given the fantastic nature of the defense he mounted.

It's been called the theatre of the mentally ill.

I think there are still some vids on youtube of it...... Basically its him, speaking about himself in the 3rd person, cross examining victims and witnesses.... and then there's the whole crazy wackadoo aspect.
The whole thing was a complete sideshow.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by rob666 ↗

It's been called the theatre of the mentally ill.

I think there are still some vids on youtube of it...... Basically its him, speaking about himself in the 3rd person, cross examining victims and witnesses.... and then there's the whole crazy wackadoo aspect.
The whole thing was a complete sideshow.

I remember seeing a lot of footage when it happened, especially when one of the witnesses kept saying "I saw you on the train." If I remember correctly, Ferguson kept objecting to her answers because she wouldn't refer to him in third person as "the defendant."

I read a lot about the case years later, but that was still ages ago.

[rob666]

Originally Posted by Metal Mike ↗

I remember seeing a lot of footage when it happened, especially when one of the witnesses kept saying "I saw you on the train." If I remember correctly, Ferguson kept objecting to her answers because she wouldn't refer to him in third person as "the defendant."

I read a lot about the case years later, but that was still ages ago.

Yeah, it was overshadowed by the OJ case which was running at the same time, but that would be it.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by rob666 ↗

Yeah, it was overshadowed by the OJ case which was running at the same time, but that would be it.

I totally kept up with the O.J. case. I learned what a circus justice can become when I was very young and impressionable.