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stlramz
Showing damage from his multiple strokes and how the medications/alcohol in combination exacerbated the negative effects of his prior strokes and he did not appreciate that fact prior to that night.
Most sex crimes are specific intent crimes. That means they must be done with a specific mental state - e.g. for sexual gratification.
The defense experts will opine that his injuries in combination with medications and alcohol made forming that intent impossible.
Interesting.
So by this logic, considering his "injuries in combination with medications and alcohol," Mr. Rath could have easily touched the accuser's husband in the same manner? Or perhaps Scraps, the family dog?
I mean...he wouldn't have been able to form the mental state for sexual gratification, right?
It was just coincidence that he touched the naked, sleeping wife?
