This Batman Massacre Guy

There is a neuroscience forum I occasionally lurk on, today I stopped in there to see if they were talking about this and of course they were.

One person wrote I'll bet he has a tumor pressing against his amygdala and some of the others agreed.

I googled around and came across this: http://brainmind.com/Case5.html

Pretty interesting.

I don't have the foggiest notion if this is the problem but it did make me wonder -- if whatever caused him to do this can be repaired* what in the world would we do with him then?

* I don't even know if there is surgery available to remove this kind of tumor. I'm just speculating. From a philosophical/ethical standpoint it's an interesting thing to consider.....

I'm mostly anti-death penalty, in big part because our justice system is very unfair and corrupt in many places.

that said, this is one instance where I think a public hanging would be appropriate. if done in a swift and timely manner...

I shouldn't watch the View. (wince) They are all out for this guy's blood. The Christians and the agnostics on the show all think he should be delivered to the families of the murdered.

Am I not horrified enough for the murdered people? I feel like I am, but the idea of frying this man is equally horrifying to me. I mean, who wants to act like he knew what he was doing?

The women on the View remarked that the murderer was doing a great acting job, pretending to be dazed and confused in court. I guess they don't realize that when you seem like you're suffering from mental illness in an incarcerated situation - they drug you.

He is hitting on most of the criteria for a psychotic break.

I know we have real pain for the lives that were cut short - but does our knowledge that this guy's mind was ******* with him in a major way ameliorate our desire to kill him?

He could be your kid - innocent of the black cloud that has been sitting in his head, possibly not even remembering when it rained hell.

What have you been thinking and feeling about him and his situation this week?

Yeah. This is one case where I'm glad of the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment not because it protects the criminal, but because it protects us against ourselves.

Personally, I could watch this guy die screaming. But I'm also glad that I won't be able to make that happen.

And from his actions - well planned out and so forth, it would seem he is legally sane. He should spend the rest of his life in jail - he killed and meant to kill many people and tried to kill even more - not to mention all the explosives in his apartment

Neighbors and students in the North Aurora neighborhood where Holmes lived said Holmes' withdrawal from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus a month before the shooting would likely have triggered his eviction from the building, which is reserved for people affiliated with the school.
Officials at the University of Colorado have said Holmes was enrolled in the school's Ph.D. neuroscience program, but he withdrew last month.
Nine days before the shooting, Holmes was seen on Paris Street, asking landlords and neighbors if anyone was aware of a vacant apartment in the area, several neighbors told Reuters

that said, this is one instance where I think a public hanging would be appropriate. if done in a swift and timely manner..

I don't have the foggiest notion if this is the problem but it did make me wonder -- if whatever caused him to do this can be repaired* what in the world would we do with him then?