French judge rules Jewish woman’s killer not responsible because he smoked weed

JTA — A Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Paris while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled.

The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore for the 2017 murder of Sarah Halimi came Friday from a judge of inquiry — a magistrate that in the French justice system is tasked with deciding whether indicted defendants should in fact stand trial.

Francis Khalifat, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, called the ruling “unsurprising but hardly justifiable.” He said his group and others will appeal in hopes of bringing Traore to trial.

He could be hospitalized for treatment of his psychotic lapses or made to attend a drug rehabilitation program, or he could be released.

Khalifat’s op-ed published Monday on the CRIF website follows a series of protests over perceived delays in Traore’s trial and the efforts, including by judges, that CRIF and others have condemned as attempts to prevent a murder trial.

Sammy Ghozlan, a former police commissioner and founder of France’s Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in May that the handling of the Halimi case has made him “no longer have full confidence that anti-Semitic hate crimes in France are handled properly.”

Traore pummeled Halimi, a physician and kindergarten teacher, for an hour as police stood outside the woman’s door, according to reports. He shouted about Allah and called her a “demon” before throwing her to her death. Traore had called Halimi’s daughter “dirty Jewess” two years before killing the mother, the daughter has said.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-judge-rules-jewish-womans-killer-not-responsible-because-he-smoked-weed/

It's an 'temporary insanity' defense. We've had that for almost two centuries. Many jurisdictions define legal insanity according to the M’Naghten Test, developed in an 1843 English case. An offender is insane under this test if mental illness prevents the offender from knowing the difference between right and wrong.

Under the defense of 'temporary insanity', the perp claims he underwent a psychotic episode for the period during which the homicide was committed. I gather the theory is that the weed triggered it.

Keep us posted.

Original Quill wrote:It's an 'temporary insanity' defense.  We've had that for almost two centuries.  Many jurisdictions define legal insanity according to the M’Naghten Test, developed in an 1843 English case. An offender is insane under this test if mental illness prevents the offender from knowing the difference between right and wrong.

Under the defense of 'temporary insanity', the perp claims he underwent a psychotic episode for the period during which the homicide was committed.  I gather the theory is that the weed triggered it.

Keep us posted.

Two excellent rational posts in a row

You are back off ignore, so keep up being the intelligent Quill I know you can be

All the best

phildidge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:It's an 'temporary insanity' defense.  We've had that for almost two centuries.  Many jurisdictions define legal insanity according to the M’Naghten Test, developed in an 1843 English case. An offender is insane under this test if mental illness prevents the offender from knowing the difference between right and wrong.

Under the defense of 'temporary insanity', the perp claims he underwent a psychotic episode for the period during which the homicide was committed.  I gather the theory is that the weed triggered it.

Keep us posted.

Two excellent rational posts in a row

You are back off ignore, so keep up being the intelligent Quill I know you can be

All the best

It's just a probable explanation of the judge's ruling.

In this case, it's laughable bullshit if the judge really thinks marijuana can trigger a murderous rage.

Ben Reilly wrote:In this case, it's laughable bullshit if the judge really thinks marijuana can trigger a murderous rage.

Exactly, have a green

I’ve never known anyone who smokes weed even to have the effort to get up off the sofa unless it’s to grab something to munch on.

Run some tests on that judge, take hair samples & everything!

The french authorities have tried to cover this anti semitic race hate crime up since it happened... denying it was anything to do with Islamist hatred of Jews from the start...

Tommy Monk wrote:

The french authorities have tried to cover this anti semitic race hate crime up since it happened... denying it was anything to do with Islamist hatred of Jews from the start...

Where do you see that. Link please.

Original Quill wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:

The french authorities have tried to cover this anti semitic race hate crime up since it happened... denying it was anything to do with Islamist hatred of Jews from the start...

Where do you see that.  Link please.

I checked out the murder, which happened two years ago, on Wikipedia and I'm thinking Tommy's got a good point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Halimi