[ConservativeMind]

I believe everyone who hurts someone while under the influence of a self-inflicted recreational drug should be tried for their crime as though it was premeditated.

After all, if I willingly give up my ability to stop myself from behaving in a way I normally know is wrong, I’ve chosen to commit whatever comes afterward, too.

[ApplegateRanch]

Ahh, a like mind!

Diminished capacity, when voluntarily diminished, should be an exacerbating circumstance, rather than a ‘mitigating circumstance’, with commensurate sentencing enhancements.

[dbacks]

Most states have the felony murder rule. That is, if someone dies in the commission of a felony, the felon can be charged with murder. His very presence here is arguably felonious since he was “on the lam” and avoiding prosecution for a crime which “I” would consider any prior flight to avoid prosecution. Bam, life in the graybar hotel of injection of nasty chemicals.