Man accused of newspaper shooting chooses insanity defense

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

By BRIAN WITTE
20 minutes ago

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, say he is pleading not criminally responsible in an insanity defense.

Lawyers for Jarrod Ramos filed the plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity on Monday. They say in the filing that Ramos is not criminally responsible “because of a mental disorder” in which he “lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct.”

Five people were shot to death in the Capital Gazette newsroom in June 2018. Ramos was indicted on 23 charges in the attack, including murder.

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[mwooldri]

1. I suppose if you watch too much extreme right wing media...

... you might well go insane.

[iluvtennis]

2. I call BS. He's not insane.

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[Traildogbob]

5. Precident

Every GOP rep and every right (White) wing mass murderer will be able to plead the same for all crimes committed in trumps honor. Following and worshipping him is about as insane as you can get. Easy winnable plea for any of em.

[iluvtennis]

6. LOL

[captain jack]

3. Selective sanity. n/t

[Jumpty]

4. When I first saw the headline

I thought the man shot newspapers at people.