Sem is floridly psychotic and will be found not guilty by reason of insanity and spend the rest of his life in a psychiatric hospital/jail. Sad story all the way around. MUM and Wysong really fvcked up on this one due to PR concerns and lack of training and experience with psychotics. When Sem jabbed the pen in the students cheek, they needed to called 911. But instead that moronic fantasy fear of someone thinking ill of the TMO kicked-in and they tried to manage it privately and Levi's dead because of it. I hope his parents sue the piss out of MUM.
--- m2smart4u2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More than a year after Maharishi University of > Management student > Levi Butler was stabbed to death with a paring knife > in the > university's dining hall, the man charged with > killing him is about > to stand trial. > > > Shuvender Sem, 25, will go on trial beginning > at 9:30 a.m. > Tuesday at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Because > Sem waived his > right to a jury trial, the case will be heard by > Judge E. Richard > Meadows. > > > Sem, who was a student at M.U.M. when the > killing occurred, > faces one count of first-degree murder and one count > of assault for > allegedly stabbing another student with a ball-point > pen earlier the > same day. > > > He has pleaded not guilty by reason of > insanity. > > > According to court documents, the trial is > expected to last > two days. On the evening of March 1, 2004, > Fairfield police > officers responded to a report of a stabbing at > Annapurna Dining > Hall on the M.U.M. campus. When they arrived, they > found Butler, an > 18-year-old freshman from California, bleeding from > stab wounds to > the chest. > > > Butler was taken by ambulance to Jefferson > County Hospital, > where he died from his injuries. Sem, a transfer > student from > Pennsylvania who had been on campus for about six > weeks, was > arrested and charged with murder. > > > After the attack on Butler, police learned of > another incident > that had occurred earlier the same day. During a > class that > afternoon, Sem allegedly stabbed fellow student John > Killian in the > face with a ball-point pen. According to police > reports filed at the > time, the wound required seven stitches to close. > > > Joel Wysong, the university's dean of men, > took Sem into his > custody after the attack on Killian and began making > arrangements to > send him home. Sem later left Wysong's apartment. In > an interview > with The Ledger, Wysong said he went to the dining > hall, where he > found Sem and took a seat about 30 feet away to keep > an eye on him. > After about 10 minutes, Wysong saw a commotion. One > student was > restraining Sem while others tried to help Butler > and dialed 911 on > their cell phones. Wysong led Sem away from the > scene. > > > Sem appeared calm when police arrived and was > taken into > custody without incident. He was booked into > Jefferson County Jail > and bond was set at $1 million. > > > Sem was originally represented by a > court-appointed attorney, > Les Lamping of Washington, Iowa, but his family > later hired Alfredo > Parrish, a well-known lawyer from Des Moines. > > > The trial has been delayed by questions about > Sem's mental > state. In June 2004, his attorneys said they heard > him ask a jail > employee for a notepad because he was hearing voices > and wanted to > write down what they were saying. The attorneys also > said Sem was > confused, apparently believing he was in a hospital > in his hometown > of Lancaster, Pa. > > > For the complete story, read the June 3 > Fairfield Ledger. > http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm? > newsid=14638192&BRD=1139&PAG=461&dept_id=142642&rfi=6 > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html 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/
