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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.

Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The petition marks the third time in the last two years she has asked Bohren to let her out of the facility. 

She withdrew her first petition two months after filing it in 2022. Bohren denied her second request this past April, saying she remains a risk to the public.

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[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago

A lot of people in this thread really down playing or overlooking she willingly stabbed someone 19 times.

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 35 points 1 month ago

Carl, that kills people!

[-] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, that's the thing that stands out for me too. 19 freaking times. Over and over. Horrible.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It’s unclear to me why people are downvoting you here.

[-] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 month ago

Well it's the fact that she did this as an untreated mentally ill 12 year old, and now they have a decade of treatment under their belt. The request actually contains a request to be assessed by an expert.

The one-page petition doesn’t include any arguments for Geyser’s release. Instead, it cites state laws that require Bohren within 20 days to appoint at least one expert to examine her and produce a report within 30 days of being appointed.

If she hasn't been assessed there's no reason not to assess her now that she's requested it.

[-] nepenthes@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

There is a link in the article to an earlier article that covers her 1st request, in which there was an assessment:

Judge Michael Bohren ruled against Morgan Geyser, now 21, despite the testimony of two psychiatrists, including the medical director of Winnebago Mental Health Institute, who said she was ready to depart that hospital and return to the community under certain conditions.

[-] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's not clear if they were the court appointed psychiatrist and if they assembled a report like the law requires. If they did, and the judge ignored it and their testimony he's being a shitbird.

[-] nepenthes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agree that the expert testimony should be included in the posted article!

I found this article from when the trial was in progress, which includes the testimony for the second request:

https://apnews.com/article/slender-man-girl-stabbed-psychiatric-hospital-6ab1ab144b58540ece9d5b2531833f75

Two psychologists testified Wednesday that a Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man should not be released yet from a psychiatric hospital.

Morgan Geyser, now 21, wants to leave Winnebago Mental Health Institute with conditions. But one psychologist said the case has taken an unusual turn because Geyser claims she had been faking psychotic symptoms, which “doesn’t line up” with years of observation and treatment.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago

People downvoted them, as best I can tell, for saying that being stabbed 19 times is “horrible”.

[-] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

Right, it's obvious that it's horrible, it's tone deaf to harp on it when she's been incarcerated for a decade.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Stabbing someone 19 times is horrible, but it is immaterial a decade later in determining whether or not that person requires psychiatric care. We know why she's in there, but the legal system is saying she should continue being there even when nurses and the director of the psych hospital all say that she doesn't require further involuntary commitment.

She was found Not Guilty by reason of insanity. If the psych hospital she's been confined to for the past decade says she's ready for supervised release, keeping her there as a punishment is flat-out unconstitutional.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

This sounds like your first injustice. In fact, people are quite commonly held back for years or decades after their sentences for stuff like this. It suck, it really does. You have to vote/get involved if you want to change it.

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