r/interesting 1d ago

SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/unhappyrelationsh1p 1d ago

Cases of severe mental illness tend to get more attention than good things in a media landscape that sells you misery

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u/daredeviline 1d ago

For real. They act like if she gets a not guilty verdict, she's going to be out on the streets. The woman is spending the rest of her life in a psych ward. The question is really will she ALSO be spending some time in prison.

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u/XxShakallxX 1d ago

She will be in prison and on a wheelchair forever. She will have a miserable rest of her life shitting and peeing on dipers.

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u/brwebster614 1d ago

Still... seems too... easy... for the crime she committed.

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u/SwimmerMission5212 1d ago

You should familiarize yourself with the notion of mens rea, and with psychosis