Jeffrey Young case in the hands of the jury
Published: October 28, 2009
The case against Jeffrey Young is now in the hands of the jury.
Young is accused of running down a grocery store clerk in Floyd County and then beating her with a stick. It happened in January of 2008.
The defense team presented a long history of Young’s bouts with mental illness, including six commitments to mental hospitals over the past 10 years. Young is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic.
Prosecutors called two witnesses to the stand yesterday in hopes of proving that Young is not insane.
Stay tuned to WSLS-10 and wsls.com for updates on this story.
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I ALSO HAVE MORE COMPASSION FOR THE VICTIMS
ALL I WAS STATING WAS THAT THIS MAN MIGHT HAVE RECIEVED HELP BEFORE SOME 1 WAS HURT
I C THE OTHER COMMENTER HAS NO ONE THAT HAS EVER SUFFERED FORM MENTAL ILLNESS
AND THIS KIND IS THE SECOND WORSE ON PLANET
Put this preditor away in a hospital or a jail, I really don’t care which. I have more simpathy for the victims, not the preditors. If the person is a danger to others, remove them from society.
MY BROTHER WAS PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC
HE WAS BASICALLY A GOOD PERSON
HE WAS PRONE TO HAVE ANXIETY ATTACKS
HE WOULD DO THINGS, AWFUL THINGS BUT HE REMEMBERED WHAT HE DID
JUST COULDN’T SAY WHY HE HAD DONE THEM
HE ONCE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT A POOR SOUL AT PETERS BURG ST MENTAL HOSPITAL…
2 MEN BROKE DOWN AT THE GATE AND THAT PATIENT WENT OVER AND TOLD THEM JUST HOW TO FIX IT… THEY ASK WHY HE WAS IN THERE
HE REPLIED ....I’M IN HERE FOR BEING CRAZY NOT STUPID
I AM SO ANGRY THAT THE PROSECUTION SAYS MR YOUNG KNEW WHAT HE DID SO HE DOESNT HAVE A MENTAL CONDITION
I DISAGREE
I TOOK CARE OF MY BROTHER TILL HE PASSED AWAY FROM BEING HIT BY A CAR AND LINGERED FOR 8 MONTHS TILL MESA TOOK HIM
HE WAS JUST WHAT HE WAS AND I DEALT WITH HIS PROBLEMS RITE ALONG WITH HIM. WE SHOULD FEEL COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE AWFUL MENTAL CONDITIONS, I DON’T CONDONE VIOLENCE IN ANY WAY.. THIS MAN NEEDED HELP, REAL HELP. HE WAS BRUSHED UNDER THE CARPET,,,,,,,,,
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