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A Real Life Investigation of the Spectacular Suicide of Jason Dean ...

posted 10 years ago by HijodelCid
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... would have logically led to an investigation of the previous three suicides, and eventually Veronica Sawyer would have become a person of interest.
At her trial, would VS have any realistic possibility of claiming not being guilty because of mental disease or defect?

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[–] Thee_Justin_Sane 9 years ago

No, it would be murder 1.
They were all premeditated, and she has no history of mental problems.

Teenage angst, is not a defence for murder.

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[–] YuunofYork 8 years ago

In the '80s, it wouldn't have been too hard to get away with. Not even DNA evidence was commonplace in some states. Especially so in the context of the film, where the cops are smoking doobies in a parked car in the woods waiting to think they hear gunshots.