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In reply to the discussion: Alabama abduction: Boy still held in underground bunker [View all]Scairp
(2,749 posts)47. Not related
But seriously, I keep seeing headlines about this murder trial somewhere, New Mexico is it? And I frankly am perplexed as to why a run of the mill murder case is getting so much national attention. Can you explain it to me because I just don't get it. I have no time to read about such shite.
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Another psychopath who should have been permanently institutionalized decades ago
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#2
Perhaps not, but he needed some psychiatric care whether he wanted it or not.
Chorophyll
Feb 2013
#38
Right, he should have been involuntarily committed or charged with assault and imprisoned
FarCenter
Feb 2013
#42
It may be wise to limit media coverage of this case, but Fox News is ignoring it for another reason.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#40
Oh, Liz. At least they care very much and I hope they can save him from this beast.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#50
The difference between this situation and a child falling down a pipe or the balloon boy story
onenote
Feb 2013
#36
I don't think there was any. The man just wanted a child as a shield. He'd tried to grab others,
freshwest
Feb 2013
#51
It would interfere with Headline News' obsessive coverage of the Jodi Arrias murder trial.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#23
Viet Nam war was 1959-1975 and there are many vets still around. He is 65 and could easily be one.
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#35