A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.

Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The petition marks the third time in the last two years she has asked Bohren to let her out of the facility.

She withdrew her first petition two months after filing it in 2022. Bohren denied her second request this past April, saying she remains a risk to the public.

  • @[email protected]
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    77 hours ago

    Well it’s the fact that she did this as an untreated mentally ill 12 year old, and now they have a decade of treatment under their belt. The request actually contains a request to be assessed by an expert.

    The one-page petition doesn’t include any arguments for Geyser’s release. Instead, it cites state laws that require Bohren within 20 days to appoint at least one expert to examine her and produce a report within 30 days of being appointed.

    If she hasn’t been assessed there’s no reason not to assess her now that she’s requested it.

    • @nepenthes
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      13 hours ago

      There is a link in the article to an earlier article that covers her 1st request, in which there was an assessment:

      Judge Michael Bohren ruled against Morgan Geyser, now 21, despite the testimony of two psychiatrists, including the medical director of Winnebago Mental Health Institute, who said she was ready to depart that hospital and return to the community under certain conditions.

    • @stoly
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      27 hours ago

      People downvoted them, as best I can tell, for saying that being stabbed 19 times is “horrible”.

      • @[email protected]
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        17 hours ago

        Right, it’s obvious that it’s horrible, it’s tone deaf to harp on it when she’s been incarcerated for a decade.

        • @stoly
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          -56 hours ago

          Got it, you’re an apologist.

          • @[email protected]
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            35 hours ago

            No, I want to have patients assessed for release like the law requires and actually have the system do something more than abuse people.

            • @stoly
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              -24 hours ago

              Gonna need more that empty platitudes. Explain what you think is wrong here v which specific laws and processes are not being followed, who is responsible, and what is the remedy? Also why are you rooting for a confirmed attempted murderer? This really comes across as hero worship.

                • @stoly
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                  14 hours ago

                  No, I want to understand without anyone getting emotional or making it personal precisely what they think the problem is. All I get from people is a vague reference to age and the passage of time.

                  • @trashgirlfriend
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                    11 hour ago

                    The point of a system like this is to in theory rehabilitate people so that one day they can return to society.

                    The system is failing here to do that despite several professionals in their field saying she is capable of returning to the community.

              • @Breezy
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                04 hours ago

                She was fucking 12 and not mentally able, shesbeen in jail for ten years, yeah lets check her out. I swear shes been in jail longer then others and you think thats juuuuust fine right.

                • @stoly
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                  04 hours ago

                  I don’t think anything because I don’t know the details and neither do you.

                  • @Breezy
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                    13 hours ago

                    That’s the point dude.

          • @pyre
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            it doesn’t seem like you’re able or willing to get it tbh

            • @stoly
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              13 hours ago

              This isn’t Brittany Spears. This is someone who lured a victim and attempted to murder her.

              • @trashgirlfriend
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                11 hour ago

                Do you remember how fucking stupid 12 year olds are?

                Now add untreated mental illness to it. Keeping her locked up is nothing but cruel.