"Truth be told, I wanted to be locked up so I couldn't hurt her.
And in a perfect world children should not commit crimes that would result in a prison sentence. Sadly our jails and prisons are full of people who have a wide range of mental health issues as the mental health community has failed them miserably. Privatized prisons are the new madhouses for these poor souls.
Morgan's mother, Angie Geyser discussed the new difficulties the family faces since her daughter has been treated for early onsetschizophrenia, which she was diagnosed with following the alleged stabbing.
"When the medication finally worked, it was like a switch went on, like 'There you are! Where have you been?'" Geyser told the outlet. "[But] with lucidity comes awareness of the gravity of the situation." Despite the situation, Geyser added that she tries to be optimistic, speaking to her daughter in terms of "when," but Morgan only responds in "ifs." The next big step in Morgan's case, is the pending decision of whether or not Morgan's case will be transferred from adult court to juvenile court, where any sentence she receives if convicted, would be far less harsh than the sentencing in adult court. According to the Journal Sentinel, if Morgan is found guilty in juvenile court she would face a maximum of three years in a juvenile facility before being released and put on community supervision until her 18th birthday.
The adult court alternative reportedly carries up to 45 years in prison and supervision after release. In either case, Morgan's attorneys may present an insanity defense, which – if she's found guilty and the defense is successful – would land the teenager in the mental facility she's currently in, Winnebago Mental Health Institute, for an undetermined amount of time, the newspaper reports. Geyser, however, told the Sentinel that she's focusing on the appellate court process, hoping that Morgan is tried as a minor; and she believes that there's a silent community supporting that decision, along with the more than 70 others who have sent written letters, encouraging the court to make the transfer.
"There's some feeling that if you show compassion for the girls, you're somehow lessening what happen to Bella," she added, referring to the victim Payton Leutner by her nickname.Leutner was stabbed approximately 19 times by Morgan, and friend Anissa Weier. At the time of their arrest in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Morgan told authorities that she was going to see Slenderman, who according to Internet lore, lives in a mansion in a national park.
As the family awaits a decision, Geyser still batters herself with one question: 'How did she not know?" "A big part of parenting in general is second-guessing. 'How didn't I know she was sick?'" Geyser told the newspaper. "There were no glaring, obvious signs she was ill."
As the family awaits a decision, Geyser still batters herself with one question: 'How did she not know?" "A big part of parenting in general is second-guessing. 'How didn't I know she was sick?'" Geyser told the newspaper. "There were no glaring, obvious signs she was ill."
I don't believe one word this mother says.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state appeals court ruled Wednesday that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man should be tried as adults.
Investigators say the girls, who were 12 at the time of the attack in 2014, plotted for months before luring their classmate into some woods after a birthday sleepover and repeatedly stabbing her. The victim, who was also 12, was found along a road, bleeding from 19 stab wounds that nearly killed her.
The girls have been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and if convicted could go to prison for up to 65 years. As juveniles, they could be incarcerated for up to three years then supervised until age 18.
Anyone 10 or older charged with first-degree attempted homicide is automatically considered an adult under Wisconsin law. But defense attorneys have argued that the case belongs in juvenile court, saying the adolescents suffer from mental illness and won't get the treatment they need in the adult prison system.
Experts testified that one of the girls has schizophrenia and an oppositional defiant disorder that requires long-term mental health treatment. The other girl has been diagnosed with a delusional disorder and a condition known as schizotypy, which a psychologist testified made her vulnerable to believing in Slender Man.
In a pair of rulings Wednesday, the 2nd District Appeals court affirmed a lower court's determination that it was reasonable to try both girls as adults. Citing the ruling last year, the appeals court said if the girls were found guilty in the juvenile system they would be released at age 18 with no supervision or mental health treatment.
It also noted that the evidence showed the crime was not accidental or impulsive, but planned out and violent. Given the serious nature of the offense, it would not be appropriate for the trial to take place in juvenile court, the appeals court ruled.
The girls could appeal the rulings to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Associated Press left messages with the girls' attorneys seeking comment.
Kevin Osborne, the assistant Waukesha County District Attorney, said he was pleased with the decisions, but declined further comment because he has not yet read them.
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I don't see this link on here yet, sorry if I missed it. But here's a documentary called Beware the Slenderman about this case (free online, for now anyway).
It sets up the insanity defense from Morgan's mother's POV. Whether or not you believe that defense, still interesting to hear the justifications.
https://solarmovie.sc/movie/beware-the-slenderman-19157/575968-8/watching.html
Add dumbass to the list.
One of the Wisconsin teenagers charged with stabbing a classmate to impress the fictional character “Slender Man” will avoid prison time after a plea deal struck Friday.
Under the agreement, Morgan Geyser, 15, will plead guilty to the 2014 attack and remain in a state mental hospital where she will be evaluated by doctors.
The doctors will determine how long she should remain in treatment.
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A plea hearing to make the deal official is scheduled for Thursday.
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With baby making abilities.Oh hell no. Just destroy this little cunt who is a bigger cunt in the making.
Thank you!http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...chizophrenia-years-interview-2014-attack.html
The mother of Morgan Geyser has done an interview. Apparently the family attempted to get her bail reduced so she could be under home detention.
I am angry at the mother's statement of 'these are kids' in the context of people calling for this to be tried in an adult trial as its an 'adult crime'.
Yeah, they are kids. So is the victim. The one your daughter planned, plotted, lured and did her damndest to brutally slaughter.
These girls, if found insane, should be locked away in a criminally insane hospital for an indefinite sentence. If they're not found insane, lock them up, period. If they're found to know the difference between right and wrong, then they were old enough to know it was wrong. If they're judged to be lunatics - then they need serious mental health care - and locking away for the safety of others. Not just released at 18.
10/06/17
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to sentence a girl to 40 years in a mental hospital for stabbing a classmate in an attack she said was done to please the fictional horror character Slender Man...
Geyser will undergo a doctor’s evaluation by Nov. 13, and a hearing for sentencing was to be scheduled later. The defense made no request for length of sentence because the attorneys are waiting for the evaluation...
She agreed last week to plead guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide to avoid prison, continuing treatment in a mental hospital instead...
Prosecutors initially charged both girls with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a possible sentence of up to 65 years in prison, but their plea deals spared them that. After Weier pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, a jury determined during her sentencing phase that she was mentally ill at the time of the attack and should not serve prison time...
Two weeks after the jury reached that conclusion, prosecutors and Geyser’s defense attorneys agreed on a plea deal, avoiding a trial that was scheduled to start Oct. 16. Unlike Weier, Geyser pleaded guilty to the original charge.
Geyser’s attorneys have argued in court documents that she suffers from schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorder, making her prone to delusions and paranoid beliefs. During Thursday’s hearing, Geyser told the judge she’s currently on “quite a few” medications.
A psychiatrist hired by her attorneys previously testified that she believed she could communicate telepathically with Slender Man and could see and hear other fictional characters, including unicorns and characters from the Harry Potter and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. She also believed she had “Vulcan mind control.”
http://abc30.com/wisconsin-girl-convicted-in-slender-man-stabbing-sentenced/2808602/One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in a mental hospital, the maximum punishment possible.
Anissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty in August to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional homicide, but she claimed she wasn't responsible for her actions because she was mentally ill. In September, a jury agreed.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren on Thursday sentenced Weier to 25 years in a psychiatric institution, retroactive to the date of the crime. That means she would be institutionalized until age 37.
Weier apologized in brief comments before her sentencing.
"I do hold myself accountable for this and that I will do whatever I have to do to make sure I don't get any sort of delusion or whatever again," Weier told the judge, as she sat next to her attorney. "I want everybody involved to know I deeply regret everything that happened that day. I know that nothing I say is going to make this right and nothing I say is going to fix what I broke."
Leutner's mother, Stacie Leutner, sent the judge a letter this week in which she wrote that the trauma of the attack "has defined our lives" and that her daughter still fears for her life. For months, Payton slept with scissors under her pillow for protection, and she still keeps her bedroom windows closed and locked.
"She will struggle with the events of that day and physical and emotional scars it left for the rest of her life," her mother wrote.
In her letter, Leutner did not ask the judge to sentence Weier to a specific length of time in the mental hospital, but she said her daughter wouldn't feel safe if either of her attackers is released back into the community unsupervised.
"Payton has a lifetime of healing ahead of her and she deserves to be allowed to heal in an environment where she feels safe," her mother wrote.
No one from the victim's family addressed the court during the sentencing hearing, deferring instead to the letter from her mother. Prosecutor Kevin Osborne argued for the maximum 25-year confinement, which the judge granted citing ongoing concerns about her mental stability.
"Considering the nature and gravity of this offense, being supervised until the age of 37 is not all that long ... in terms of the fact that Payton is looking at a lifetime of scars, physical scars and psychological scarring," Osborne said.
Weier's attorney, Maura McMahon, argued that she should not be hospitalized beyond her 25th birthday. She played a video in court with Weier's father, sister and grandparents speaking on her behalf.
"She's grown mentally and physically," her father William Weier said. "She knows what she did was wrong."
He asked for forgiveness from the Leutner family.