The Nashville district attorney called on Wednesday for the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution after a man who was previously released for incompetence to stand trial was accused of shooting an 18-year-old college student in the head.
Belmont University student Jillian Ludwig, of New Jersey, was walking on a track in a local park when she was shot and critically wounded at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Metro Nashville Police. They arrested Shaquille Taylor, 29, after surveillance video and witness statements pointed to him as the shooter.
“Taylor was shooting at a car when a bullet hit Ludwig in the head as she walked on a track in a park across the street,” police said on social media when announcing the arrest Wednesday.
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My opinion in an ideal world is to bring back asylums but do it proper this time with careful consideration for due process, checks and balances, and fair conditions.
But the realistic side of me knows that’s a big ask and doesn’t trust the government to do anything right.
There’s also a part of me that thinks, for certain crimes it’s a [I’m drawing a blank on the word here] that you’re mentally-ill because no sane person would do ___________ and anyone that does ________ should be in prison.
Ultimately I think asylums for the ones where there’s no hope of improvement or that become murderous when off their meds, and remote rehab facility type things for the ones that are less serious.
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He could be police officer in 6 months.
And then his murder could be charged with a mere $35.50 charge on failing to yield to a pedestrian causing bodily injury.
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