People with mental illness (Herbert Richarson)

Question 1

What did Herbert Richardson do?

Answer 1

• Met a nurse whose compassion made him feel hopeful –>fell in love w her
• Had brief relationship –> became obsessed after a breakup
• wanted to make a bomb to make gf feel threatened and she would then come to him
• Her niece got bombed instead

Question 2

Herbert background:

Answer 2

Vietnam war veteran –> experience left him traumatized
- mother died at 3
- drug addict
- 20% of ppl in jail served in the military

Question 3

What sentence did Herbert get?

Answer 3

• Lawer presented no evidence of Herbert’s background
• confined on death row for 11 years