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Originally Posted by Dezzy
Regardless of what the kids were doing it doesn't justify beating their brains in with a weight and if it does then I fear for this country I really do. I could just BARELY understand if the teacher's life was in danger then it would be self defense but it wasn't. He was guilty of the crime in question (you don't accidently start screaming out 'die' while kicking the crap out of someone). The fact that he was provoked should not have been the difference between a conviction and an acquittal, it should have only affected how long he went down for. He could have served the time in a facility getting help if it was a case of temporary insanity. I'm not sure if you could get sectioned on an insanity plea but it's what should have happened here.
I do hope he gets sorted out though, because if he can be pushed that far once then it can easily happen again
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Well I can't see him returning to teaching any time soon, nor I doubt would he want to. What
would be a terrible and unjust society is one where we judged the insane or mentally ill by the same standards as those in full possession of their faculties. The consensus on this forum seems to be that the jury made the right decision having taken into account his prolonged torture by these kids, his previous mental history, and the actual baiting and taunting he was subjected to on the day in question which tipped him momentarily over the edge.
What I would like to know is what punishments were handed out to the girl who was the ring leader doing the video (which the nasty b*tch intended to distribute around the school and on the internet) and the other sadistic brats who thought it fun to taunt and torment someone they saw as a soft target?