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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38309646
The parents must be in a state of torment. I hope the poor deluded lad gets out early then gets the treatment he needs.
This reminds me of the only case I heard during two weeks of jury duty; not a murder attempt but somebody similarly out of touch with reality who needed treatment not incarceration, which, to give the judge credit, was what the Court was told he would receive.
I don't see that as sad. I see him as a lucky bloke, in a country where cops shoot on the spot.
[i]After Sandford was arrested, he told officers he had planned to shoot the billionaire Republican candidate.[/i]
[i]The papers detail how he had been plotting the attack for around a year and had gone to a gun range in Las Vegas the day before the attack to learn how to shoot, firing 20 rounds from a 9mm Glock pistol.[/i]
Sounds like he wanted to shoot Trump.
[i]Sounds like he wanted to shoot Trump.[/i]
[b]Briton jailed over Trump death plot
...attempt to grab a gun in a bid to kill Donald Trump.
...she was unable to explain why he would want to shoot Mr Trump.
...with the goal of shooting Mr Trump[/b]
Does sound a little bit like that.
If he'd had darker skin and a different religion he'd be looking at a life sentence...
wwaswasIf he'd had darker skin and a different religion he'd be looking at a life sentence...
Go on......
Got off seriously bloody lightly IMO
Got off seriously bloody lightly IMO
Remarkably lightly,
No shots were fired,great story.
Hope the kid gets the right help.
12 months is getting off very lightly indeed. He was very lucky not to have been shot dead.
