12intheBox
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- Wil Fay
I dunno, I read it the opposite way— sounds like the defense might be able to establish that Rath was bombed out of his mind, in part because of medications for a recent health problem. If so, it would indeed be hard to establish that Rath was capable of the “specific intent” required to convict.
I haven’t followed the case closely, nor do I have a stake in the outcome one way or another. I am simply saying that it sounds like Rath is getting a good defense from his lawyers.
Dont get me wrong, I think it’s a worthy defense. It just means that this isn’t a case where the conduct itself didn’t happen. He went into her room and diddled this woman while she was sleeping. Bombed? probably. Incapacitated forming the specific intent? Probably. Legally not guilty? Probably.
Welcome back on the team when this is all over regardless of the verdict? Probably not.