Dan Epps
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Right. And so the notes they really care about, right, is this figure one in Justice Thomas' dissent. He has a little picture of the notes.
And basically over the left-hand corner, it says in tiny print on lithium, question mark, Dr. Trumpet, question mark. And that's the- That's the smoking gun, right?
And basically over the left-hand corner, it says in tiny print on lithium, question mark, Dr. Trumpet, question mark. And that's the- That's the smoking gun, right?
And just to be clear on, to put on perjured testimony means the prosecution calls a witness, the witness lies, and the prosecution knows they're lying. Yeah, prosecution is no. All right. And if the person is just mistaken and the prosecution knows they're mistaken- then it's not a Nipu violation. If they're not lying, but just making a mistake. Yeah.
And just to be clear on, to put on perjured testimony means the prosecution calls a witness, the witness lies, and the prosecution knows they're lying. Yeah, prosecution is no. All right. And if the person is just mistaken and the prosecution knows they're mistaken- then it's not a Nipu violation. If they're not lying, but just making a mistake. Yeah.
Like there was some possibility that discussed in these, in these opinions that maybe Sneed was delusional about his own mental abilities. Maybe he didn't think he was mentally ill. Right. Yeah. If you, if you imagine that Sneed did not, did not believe no matter he's prescribed lithium for his mental illness, but he doesn't believe that's why he's prescribed lithium.
Like there was some possibility that discussed in these, in these opinions that maybe Sneed was delusional about his own mental abilities. Maybe he didn't think he was mentally ill. Right. Yeah. If you, if you imagine that Sneed did not, did not believe no matter he's prescribed lithium for his mental illness, but he doesn't believe that's why he's prescribed lithium.
He, he believes the lithium is cause it was cold. And the prosecution knows that's not true. And they let, they let him say that is the prosecution required to correct that.
He, he believes the lithium is cause it was cold. And the prosecution knows that's not true. And they let, they let him say that is the prosecution required to correct that.