Remember when alleged Ponzi-schemer Allen Stanford was beaten so severely that he lost feeling in the right side of his face and landed in the hospital looking like that? His lawyers say his brain was “injured” as a result, that he has a “major depressive disorder,” is addicted to anti-anxiety drugs and is “not competent to stand trial.” At least one doctor agrees, having testified that Stanford “is not able to work effectively, rationally, with his attorneys to develop a defense against the charges.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg Costa, however, isn’t buying it.
Costa challenged the doctor’s diagnoses, citing a lengthy argument Stanford made during a court hearing. “This was off the top of his head,” the prosecutor said. “He did a better job of representing himself than some of his lawyers.” The doctor replied that Stanford’s courtroom speech was evidence of mental upset. “This is not a man sitting down with his attorneys, looking at millions of documents,” and devising a defense strategy, the doctor said. “This is a man getting up and complaining that nobody is treating him right.”
Costa showed an e-mail Stanford wrote from prison on Dec. 27 that the prosecutor said was “gibberish.” He asked the doctor if Stanford was “trying to game the system” by writing jumbled messages during the time the government was examining his mental state, while earlier e-mails were cogent and showed Stanford to be aware of current events.
You’re gonna have to do a lot better than that, Big Al!
Contrary to acting, you must go full retard for the insanity defense to work.
-K. Lazarus
gibberish, if that is the metric most of DB suffers from mental defect
Mel: our psychiatrist will testify as to your reduced mental capacity. Of course, the government will bring in their own expert.
Tony: Now, we get you 24-hour day nursin’ care, because they still didn’t rule out the dementia and uh… you might be a danger to yourself and uh, blah, blah, blah.
Mel: Which only bolsters our case. If the court finds you lack fitness to proceed. The trial will be suspended and the charges against you dismissed with prejudice, or delayed.
Tony: I called this woman, she runs an elder care agency. She’s got an R.N. That’ll play ball. All you gotta do is act oobatz.
Uncle Jr:Crazy like a fox, my little nephew. Now get me the @#%$ outta here. Mel, this muffin basket from you and your partners. It’s the least we could do.
There is no possibility for brain damage because there is nothing to damage.
was that comment intended to provide an example of one that makes no sense or just a happy coincidence?
actually most of the comments on DB are intelligent, funny and or insightful. unlike yours which makes about zero sense.
what a zinger.
/heavy sarcasm
That beating is the most edifying thing that’s happened to our beloved scam artists.
That beating is the most edifying thing that’s happened to our beloved scam artists.
God I love it. I wish half the people on Wall Street would get the shit kicked out of them.
God I love it. I wish half the people on Wall Street would get the shit kicked out of them.
you’re not welcome here.
um, did you wander in a side door by mistake?
If the once ‘Sir’ Allen is smart enough to hide $7B so that no one in the world can find it – he is smart enough to type gibberish in an email. Hell, I was stupid enough to invest with him and I can type gibberish
That picture makes me so incredibly horny. I am granite hard right now….
Pre-existing condition
I wonder who his prison bitch was…….Jeff Skilling
Speak for yourself douche.
for the bugs bunny fans: My name is elmer j. fudd…millionaire..i own a mansion and a yacht.