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To: AK2004 who wrote (277465)	3/1/2006 11:03:50 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

I believe Albert suffers from the HDPD syndrom. (HDPD = Holocaust Decimal Point Deficiency) Taro

To: AK2004 who wrote (277465)	3/1/2006 11:30:45 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Whew! I am soooooooooo glad that this man won't be executed. At least now he'll have the chance to write some children's books. If he does that, it will more than make up for the 7 children and 6 adults he murdered. Hopefully, this poor man will eventually recover from his illness and rejoin society. After all, just because he murdered 7 children and 6 adults doesn't mean he's all bad. ______________________________________________________________ Mass killer too psychotic for execution Man killed 13, believes God vacated his death sentence February 28, 2006 Cnn.com (IMG:http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/LAW/02/28/mass.killing.ap/vert.banks.ap.jpg) ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A judge has ruled that a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage can't be executed because he is mentally ill. George E. Banks is delusional, psychotic and has no capacity to assist in his own defense, Luzerne County President Judge Michael Conahan ruled Monday. "Banks cannot make rational choices because of his major mental illness, cannot rationally comprehend his death sentences, has a hopeless prognosis and will not improve to any acceptable degree," Conahan wrote. The U.S. Supreme Court held in 1986 that it is unconstitutional to execute the insane. Banks picked up his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on September 25, 1982, and began shooting. He killed seven children -- five of them his own, along with his three live-in girlfriends, an ex-girlfriend, her mother and a bystander in the street. The state Supreme Court halted Banks' execution in December 2004 and ordered a competency hearing. Banks, disheveled and seemingly oblivious to the proceedings, sat in a cell adjacent to the room where the hearing was held. Psychiatrists testified that Banks believed his death sentences were vacated by Jesus or God, that nurses and other staff are witches and devils, and that he was illegally incarcerated because of a conspiracy involving the Department of Corrections, the "Islamic government of the U.S." and others. His lawyers have said mental illness played a role, though the trial jury rejected an insanity defense.

To: AK2004 who wrote (277465)	3/2/2006 4:39:56 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

So AK, where is your empathy for other victims of OTHER wars and historical abuses? Have you conveniently forgotten your compassion over those victims the British Empire killed and stole from? Or, is your compassion only for YOUR ancestors impacted by the war you select. Not one comment from you giving empathy to victims of OTHER wars. Why is that? If it's because you do indeed have empathy for victims of OTHER wars but simply have not expressed this, then our discussion is done if you confirm this is the case. However, if your lack of conveyed empathy to victims of OTHER wars is because you only feel YOUR ancestors should get the special treatment, our discussion is not done. RE: "stole something from you " Unlike you, I have the ability to make the distinction between myself and the future and my ancestoral past, as well as holding the empathetic ability to see that there are many other victims in many other wars in history, not just my ancestors. RE: "how do you manage to turn any topic into discrimination of wemen?" ("women", not "wemen.") My strong math ability. If you state that X should be compensated for past victimization and their loss of assets, then so should Y, irregardless of the composition of Y. RE: "since we are not talking just about the jews, which country in South America had over 60 million murders" Do you ask this from a position of compassion, empathy and a desire to learn about other victims of other wars, or do you ask this from a position where you feel threatened that your preferred focus could potentially be bumped out by the fact there were more murders and victims of one war in South America than the Holocaust you posted only about? Where is your compassion for others? Regards, Amy J