Demagogue

I've posted on this story before, and it looks like a couple of Connecticut public defenders have temporarily succeeded in halting the execution of Michael Ross, despite the fact that Ross fired them last year and instead hired an attorney to help him expedite his execution

[District Judge Robert Chatigny's] ruling came after a psychiatrist testified that Ross' lengthy seclusion on death row may have made him incompetent to decide to end appeals of his death sentence.

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Chatigny said the stay would be in force until he could hold a full hearing on Ross' competency. He did not set a date for the hearing.

Ross admits to raping and killing 8 women and he wants to die, but the judge halted his scheduled execution because his stay on death-row has apparently made him depressed and thus incompetent to make decisions regarding his own fate

But Dr. Stuart Grassian, a former professor at Harvard University, testified Monday that it is possible Ross wants to be executed because he finds life unbearable on death row. Grassian, an expert on the effects of long-term confinement, said letters Ross wrote in prison suggest he is not capable of making rational decisions about his execution.

"If you place someone in a desperate enough situation, they will make any decision to get away from the pain," Grassian said.

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Grassian also pointed out that Ross is on antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs and has attempted suicide while in prison.

"There is clearly something wrong with the man," Grassian testified.

Yeah, there clearly is something wrong with Ross. I figured that much was clear after he raped and killed 8 women.

I generally tend to side with the "liberal do-gooders" in this world, but this is simply idiotic.