Bizarre attempted murder case out of Las Vegas
Long story short: Two homeless men were savagely murdered in one of
the more seedier (than usual) areas of Las Vegas earlier this year.
Vegas police, usually too busy busting potheads, decided this was bad
for publicity. So they set up a decoy around the same area: A
mannequin disguised as a sleeping homeless man in a sleeping bag, and
set up video surveillance.
Video caught a man named Shane Schindler, age 30, bashing the fake
mannequin's head with a hammer.
Mr. Shane was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
Defense argues that no attempted murder could have occurred, as the
object he attacked was a fake mannequin.
Prosecution argues that Mr. Shane *THOUGHT* fake mannequin was a real
person.
Nobody was murdered. Whoever killed the other two homeless men still
remains unknown.
Mr. Shane is now undergoing a forced "mental exam," which I personally
believe to be unconstitutional. Attacking a plastic mannequin is NOT
a crime, though we all know he INTENDED to kill a living person. But
he did NOT kill a living person. Thus the legal dilemma.
Now we are entering the Orwellian world of "thoughtcrime." Personally,
I think he really did intend to kill a living person, but he didn't.
There is no forensic evidence to link him to the other two similar
cases. Maybe he knew it was a mannequin and has a sexual fetish for
abusing sex dolls. We will never know until LVPD (which is notoriously
corrupt) starts using its forensics lab for better purposes than
testing suspected drug samples and focusing more on murder cases.
HAH! LOL!!! That will NEVER happen! Prostitution is officially
illegal in Las Vegas, which is why you see mobile billboards driving
up and down the Strip advertising "Girls Direct to Your Room!"
"Dancers" and "Escorts," of course. The fact that they made ANY
effort to try and catch a psycho serial killer is shocking in
itself. But prior to this year's legalization of marijuana, the
possession of a single SEED was a FELONY with up to FIVE YEARS in
prison!
http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/unusual-use-decoy-las-vegas-homicide-investigation-spurs-legal-debate