Althouse: "She would have to be the stupidest murderer in the world unless she was forced, unless she was directed at gunpoint to do these seemingly stupid things."

May 19, 2015

"She would have to be the stupidest murderer in the world unless she was forced, unless she was directed at gunpoint to do these seemingly stupid things."

Said the defense lawyer.

22 comments:

Bob Boyd said...: Now this woman makes Chelsea seem almost pleasant by comparison.; 5/19/15, 9:41 AM
BarrySanders20 said...: The war on women continues. Cant we just leave mothers who kill and dismember their 32 year old sons alone?; 5/19/15, 9:42 AM
Gabriel said...: The "master criminal" defense.

Can anyone believe that my client would be so stupid as to...?

Smart people can be wrong, they can overestimate their own intelligence, they can underestimate the intelligence of others, they can think that no one is paying attention, they can let emotions like greed or lust get the better of them.

Remember when Gary Hart dared reporters to follow him if they thought he was having an affair, and they followed him, and they caught him having an affair?

Remember Anthony Weiner? Even people as smart as Bill Clinton get caught doing stupid things.; 5/19/15, 9:44 AM
Mary Beth said...: That would only make her the second stupidest. The stupidest would be someone who randomly picked her to murder and dismember her son while he/she watched.; 5/19/15, 9:44 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: She probably is pretty stupid for not claiming that the mystery man was a black guy.; 5/19/15, 9:46 AM
madAsHell said...: The only thing that surprises me....she waited 32 years.; 5/19/15, 9:47 AM
Rob said...: It would have been a much better story if she had been mother of the year.; 5/19/15, 9:49 AM
Brando said...: "Now this woman makes Chelsea seem almost pleasant by comparison."

Let's not go crazy here! The only reason Chelsea hasn't dismembered anyone yet is that might involve actual work.; 5/19/15, 9:50 AM
campy said...: She probably is pretty stupid for not claiming that the mystery man was a black guy.

She didn't want to be a racist.; 5/19/15, 9:58 AM
Wince said...: There was a 1972 movie called "I Dismember Mama".

Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the way...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071639/; 5/19/15, 10:00 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Brando said...

The only reason Chelsea hasn't dismembered anyone yet...

Assumes facts not in evidence.; 5/19/15, 10:05 AM
Virgil Hilts said...: This woman should have read Gone Girl more carefully. To pull something off like this successfully takes about a year of planning.; 5/19/15, 10:23 AM
lgv said...: The "nobody can be that stupid defense" doesn't work because statistics show that persons of all intelligence levels can be that stupid.

A friend was telling me about a law partner he worked for early in his career. My friend stopped him from wiring firm money to Nigeria. The transfer almost happened.; 5/19/15, 10:29 AM
JCC said...: Next step: new lawyer argues ineffective assistance of counsel at trial, arguing only stupidest murderer in world would make that argument. Wins appeals, gets new trial.; 5/19/15, 10:35 AM
traditionalguy said...: What ya gonna do? The defense lawyer ends up trusting there is one juror as stupid as that, just one, please God, just one.; 5/19/15, 12:11 PM
n.n said...: Post-birth abortion. The methods are the same, but the privacy veil has been lifted.; 5/19/15, 12:14 PM
Crimso said...: Somebody has to be the stupidest murderer in the world. Might as well be her.; 5/19/15, 1:44 PM
Left Bank of the Charles said...: Wrong tag? Maybe the jury did believe she was the stupidest murderer in the world.; 5/19/15, 1:54 PM
Hammond X. Gritzkofe said...: What? You have a problem with post-natal abortion?; 5/19/15, 1:59 PM
Richard Dolan said...: "stupidest murderer in the world"

Well, it's a really competitive race to the bottom so you can never be sure.; 5/19/15, 2:00 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: He was 32. Probably the only way to get him out of the house.; 5/19/15, 3:50 PM
Pamela said...: That article was packed full of typos!; 5/19/15, 7:41 PM