re: No prison time for woman convicted in cannabis-induced killing

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I don’t understand this part

Under California criminal law, people are responsible for their actions when impaired by alcohol or drugs unless their intoxication was involuntary.

The article implying she got high against her will? He hotbox her in a car or something? She said she was smoking.

This is a wild sentencing

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Spejcher testified that she asked him for a hit from the bong. He prepared it for her and she inhaled. All she felt, she told the court, was 'burning and coughing'.

Some 15 minutes later, when the effects had failed to kick in, O'Melia added more cannabis to the device, generating more smoke, and, according to Spejcher said: 'something like, let's make this more intense for you...or more f**ked up'.

In her testimony, Spejcher claimed that she did not want to smoke more but felt pressured.

'He got up from his chair and turned the bong toward my face, rushed it to my face and was pressuring me, "Hurry up, hurry up, you’ve got to inhale," she said, according to the testimony reported by the Ventura County Star.

'It all happened so fast. I felt like I couldn’t say no, and I inhaled out of the bong.'

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Anything after 100 is just excessive.

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How does smoking weed cause a person to completely lose their mind and go on a murderous rampage?

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There is a not quite novel but new area of study into marijuana psychosis as a defense in states that have laws conducive to the defense. I have no idea if this is junk science born of possible fear-mongering or not. I will say I wouldn't be surprised that there is not a very small portion of the population that reacts badly to some doses of d-9-THC or other psychoactive chemicals in pot. I also would not be surprised that this is just being seen now due to the levels of THC seen in some modern post-strains.

I would say that she stabbed herself in the neck and then required tasing and batoning in order to take her into custody. This still leaves the issue of meeting the involuntary standard CA requires. While it is known that people can become intoxicated on various drugs involuntarily without hearing the testimony first hand I am quite dubious but do accept being bullied into dangerous amounts of alcohol is a not unheard of situation.

I am curious about the jury makeup because without doing a mock trial or deep dive I would expect the defense would want mid to old Boomers through Silent Generation jurors who are much more likely to buy a reefer madness defense.

In the end, I think there is more to the story than what appears on the face but I am very cautious of applying the defense. It is similar to the early days of the "insanity defense". This defense has the added "benefit" of not being confined in a mental institution.

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She absolutely deserved serious jail time.

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I wholeheartedly agree.
So called justice system is bullshite.

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In the end, I think there is more to the story than what appears on the face but I am very cautious of applying the defense. It is similar to the early days of the "insanity defense". This defense has the added "benefit" of not being confined in a mental institution.

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Completely agree with this.

At the same time, MJ nowadays isn’t even remotely comparable to what we even had 20 years ago, and this is in a state where MJ is legal, likely leading to even more potent strains.

I can understand the situation where she was completely paranoid and freaked out, although stabbing someone 108 times is a bit much.

There is likely more to this.

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Being an attractive white chick is the ultimate life hack.

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This is why feminism gaslights you so much with "white male privilege."

Its pure projection.

This makes zero sense. If you get drunk and kill someone, you can’t blame it on the alcohol. You’re going to prison for a long time.

How is this any different at all?

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How does anyone smoke weed, and have the energy to do anything 108 times?

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Sativas...

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Bet the judge was ultra liberal. Not surprised

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But at the same time, you’d think a liberal would be more likely to have personal experience with the pots and therefore know that it doesn’t make anyone violent