A California jury found Bryn Spejcher guilty of involuntary manslaughter for stabbing Chad O’Melia more than 100 times while in a “marijuana-induced psychosis.” A judge sentenced her to probation and community service. Spejcher is appealing her conviction, saying she was tricked by O’Melia into using incredibly high-potency cannabis. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber discusses the conviction, the appeal, and Spejcher’s defense with forensic psychologist Dr. Apryl Alexander.
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Jodi Arias sat in jail thinking "cannabis induced psychosic, why didn't I think of that?"
That weed was too strong? 😵💫 👹
Imagine you meet her in community service, and she asks you to smoke a joint 😮
I knew people who sniffed glue decades ago and not of them kill someone coz sniffing glue gets you out of your mind and here person on strong canabis stabs 108 times like mike myers and gets free card.
Must be nice (DJ Ghost voice)
must have been the charles mansion og kush strain called helter skelter
No way that’s MJ that’s meth or something there hallucinating
She must have super narcissistic entitlement ugh .. she already got away with murder and only spent 6 days in jail and two years of probation… 🙄🙄 Next thing we know, she's going to try to sue the victims family for emotional distress…
You don't need to put marijuana-induced psychosis in quotations. It's a real medical disorder. Listen to the medical professional.
They should release that arrest footage.
The justice system is a joke
Are women ok?
Apparently she wouldn’t have killed him if she didn’t smoke the high grade marijuana: she lost her mind to be honest.
MJ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
The justice system is a joke. My condolences to the family and friends. How is this different from drinking and killing someone.
How would she know what she took if she was all out of it I’m confused.
Did the dog survive?
So he 'pressured' her to smoke this 'highly potent mariquanna' when SHE asked for a 2nd hit, !!TYPICAL NEWBIE STONER MISTAKE BTW!! And she tweaked out probably due to a underlying mental health condition, you've gotta be a highly paranoid person to have a reaction like that. Regaurdless SHEEEE chose to take a 2nd hit. He didnt pressure her, he didn't force her, she obviously just didn't know HER OWN boundaries.
She stabbed her own dog (wondering if it survived?)
She deserves jail time for the murder and animal abuse.
Appalling tells me that she thinks under the influence means no accountability. He may have offered or pressured her to smoke, but she still did it. Her actions.
A lot of people get super high every single day and never commit such crime. The system failed on this one.
Talk about privileged!! WOW! 😠
and the Judge…what a DISGRACE!
How absolutely DESPICABLE!
shame 🔔
shame 🔔
shame 🔔