In the news recently, we had two very interesting murder defenses presented by our fellow lawyers:
- In the case of Shelley Malil, an actor famous for his role in 40 year old virgin, the defense was he could not see and assumed he was being attacked, so he repeatedly stabbed his "attacker" who was his girlfriend. OK, maybe once or twice, but 20 times?
- In another lower profile murder case, the defense tried to claim the perpetrator was insane by virtue of having too much caffeine.... WOW. I guess Starbucks could be charged with conspiracy or assisting in a crime.