Is Sem pleading not guilty by reason of insanity? I can understand how an insanity plea may be easier to put over on a judge than a jury.
- Patrick Gillam Bob Brigante wrote: > > from today's Fairfield Ledger http://www.ffledger.com > > "Shuvender Sem, the 25-year-old former Maharishi University of > Management student charged with murdering a fellow student in March > 2004, has waived his right to a jury trial. > The decision means Sem will be tried by a single judge rather than by a > 12-person jury." > > ** > > Kind of surprising, as many townspeople would regard MUM as such a > nutty environment that they would be disposed to treat Sem less > harshly, I would think. On the other hand, all the judges are non-ru > (AFAIK), and also completely familiar with the frequently-shaky mental > health profile of the TM community in Fairfield, so this could work for > Sem too, which obviously was his lawyers' opinion. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
