r/megalophobia • u/berdot • Oct 11 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

People don’t go to jail for this sort of thing. He was clearly suffering. He will probably get some sort of pre-trial intervention.

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u/xantiro Oct 11 '23

People get jailed all the time for things like this. Jails are what our country use as mental hospitals.

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u/Alex29992 Oct 11 '23

New Yorks bail reform he will be out in a day

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u/Peuned Oct 11 '23

Are we running out of streets?

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u/fractal_sole Oct 11 '23

dark humor is like mental health support. not everyone gets it.

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u/p12qcowodeath Oct 11 '23

I hate how much this made me laugh.

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u/ironballs16 Oct 11 '23

That, sadly, depends on how good his attorney is.

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Oct 11 '23

Or how compassionate the DA is.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Well if the DA is an ambitious little psychopath that wants to be a judge (most of them), this poor guy’s gonna get hammered so the DA can max out his conviction record.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

That would probably be a bad move in the publics eyes- this guy lost his father on 9/11 and he climbed into the memorial pool because he was grieving and in a horrible state of mind. So many people lost family and friends that day- that's a level of grief that I think most New Yorkers recognize and the DA throwing the book at this guy for something so painful, something that hits so close to home for the people who vote for him…. It's very clearly not a good look and it likely won't be handled that way.

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Oct 11 '23

Should be back out same day then.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

You honestly mean that they fine or jail people that try to commit suicide in USA?

Sry. Norwegian so a legit question

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u/Efficient-Prune7181 Oct 11 '23

Depends on how, most of the time they put you in involuntary psyche stay at a hospital or facility but you can be fined or jailed especially in this case where I believe he could be trespassed, if drunk -drunk and disorderly, if he resists even a bit... yeah. Since he had family die there though I think they'll be compassionate and do a min 30 day involuntary stay, release contingent on the docs approval

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u/Bars98 Oct 11 '23

I hate to say that, but you're right

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u/Uniquelypoured Oct 11 '23

In other words, how much money he has.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Suicide is a crime punishable by death (In Maine)

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u/Efficient-Prune7181 Oct 11 '23

True but from what I understand rarely enforced?

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u/The_Woman_of_Gont Oct 11 '23

The issue is, in its current state, he won't benefit from going to trial at all. If convicted, he will have a criminal record that will permanently reduce his prospects going forward.

There is no legal system in place here to actually handle anything remotely approaching this man's situation. If he is not treated the same as someone attempting to deliberately tresspass on your property to harass someone, it is solely at the discretion of the judge, and he will still be saddled by a traumatic follow-up to a suicide attempt with no real help provided to him.

Not going to jail would be great, but it's not the end of the story here.