Delusional

[saptastic]

They always wait till the day before the trial starts to plead guilty.

[SueEllen]

They always wait till the day before the trial starts to plead guilty.

Their lawyers would already tell them to plead guilty.

I wonder how many defence lawyers they will go through? In their first hearing they refused to co-operate with the judge.

[AtW]

In their first hearing they refused to co-operate with the judge.

I hope they change this attitude for the firing squad

[SueEllen]

I hope they change this attitude for the firing squad

They will be kept in solitary to stop other prisoners beating the tulip out of them.

They would be lucky to be declared insane as least in Broadmoor et al they wouldn't get beaten up - unfortunately for them judges make it difficult for people to get declared insane thanks to the activities of people like Ian Brady.

[amcdonald]

They could plead insanity, based on their sky fairy told them to do it

[SimonMac]

Does killing an enemy soldier in war count as murder?

I'm guessing they'll try to argue something along those lines.

For that to be a valid argument there needs to be a legal declaration of war, strangely enough there is a lot of paperwork involved in wars!

By pleading not guilty they get more attention, drag out the suffering, they are not real martyrs as if they were they would have died themselves so they can get their 72 virgins

[amcdonald]

By pleading not guilty they get more attention, drag out the suffering, they are not real martyrs as if they were they would have died themselves so they can get their 72 prunes

ftfy

[original PM]

I was under the impression that there were by far and away enough witnesses to identify them?

If so surely any defence lawyer is just doing it for the money?

I am confused!

[Ticktock]

I was under the impression that there were by far and away enough witnesses to identify them?

If so surely any defence lawyer is just doing it for the money?

I am confused!

There can be no doubt that you were the one wot done something, yet still legitimately plead not guilty to the charge.
In this case, there is no doubt that they killed Lee Rigby, but they are pleading not guilty to the killing being murder.

As for the defence lawyer - a lawyer has a duty to defend their client to the best of their ability, so long as that does not involve them knowingly lying (amongst other restrictions). Everybody has a right to a lawyer (the whole innocent until proven guilty thing). Therefore, they have a right to a lawyer who will defend them to the best of their ability, which may involve strategies such as whether correct police procedures were followed, whether the weight of the evidence is enough, whether there may be a plea of diminished responsibility (more likely than insanity), etc.

[d000hg]

Unfortunately it's indefinitely so long as they're still considered insane. As soon as they manage to convince the authorities that they can safely use a spoon again, they'll be out.

If they genuinely are insane, and therefore not considered accountable for their actions, then why shouldn't they be allowed out IF they can be cured?

Not that I think this is the case I should add. Either they're playing the "what is murder?" card or just mucking about.