GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoNashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local parkwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down112
arrow-up1415arrow-down1external-linkNashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local parkwww.nbcnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·11 months agoThis article has some bullshit in it. I don’t doubt the reporting; I doubt the authorities. Per actual Federal law, a finding of being mentally incompetent to stand trial means the defendant is incarcerated indefinitely, not released. Why the hell was this guy on the streets?
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoI don’t doubt what you’re saying, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the article probably did some handwaving on the actual circumstances.
This article has some bullshit in it. I don’t doubt the reporting; I doubt the authorities. Per actual Federal law, a finding of being mentally incompetent to stand trial means the defendant is incarcerated indefinitely, not released. Why the hell was this guy on the streets?
I don’t doubt what you’re saying, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the article probably did some handwaving on the actual circumstances.