University professor discovered to have committed triple murder in his youth - Polidicks

[quote=Pantagraph]Wolcott’s lawyer presented an insanity defense when the young man went on trial for the death of his father. Wolcott said he had known for some time he was mentally ill and claimed to have considered suicide. He said he had been sniffing glue for months prior to the crimes. Psychiatrists diagnosed him as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Wolcott, then 16, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to Rusk State Hospital until “he became sane.” Six years later, a jury declared he was sane, and he was released.[/quote] [url]http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-who-killed-family-as-teen-in-texas-found-teaching/article_a2b759be-fab8-11e2-87af-0019bb2963f4.html[/url] the summary: 15-year-old teen kills his father, mother, and sister with a gun in 1967. he is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic and is found insane by the jury. this is the first time a teen was tried as an adult in the county he was in. six years later he is rehabilitated and considered sane. he then changes his name and goes through college, getting a bachelor's in psychology followed by a phd at university of illinois. while completing that degree, he gets hired to work at millikin university in central illinois. he spends over 30 years teaching psychology, helping others who are struggling with the same things he struggled with, and now some reporters have stalked him and decided to ruin his life because of an unwarranted sense of self-importance: [quote=Cathy Payne]Cathy Payne, the editor of the Georgetown Advocate, said it was a difficult decision to publish the facts about St. James, because undoubtedly he has had a lifetime of many accomplishments. “That gave us pause before releasing the story,” said Payne, who also worked as an investigative reporter on the story. “However, as we got further into the case and each time we looked at the pictures of Gordon, Elizabeth and Libby, we felt like they needed someone to speak for them. Dr. St. James has had a lifetime to speak for himself, but who would speak for them if we remained silent?”[/quote]

It was just a phase~

It was a difficult decision to publish it or not but we decided we would prefer the popularity!!!

That editor's note is fucking disgusting

Shameful. The dude committed a horrific crime, no doubt, but he did his time, served his debt, and got the help he needed to really make something of his life. Unless he's been killing other people in spare time, what possible reason is there to continue harassing him?

[QUOTE=TheHydra;41673627][url]http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local...9bb2963f4.html[/url][/QUOTE] can you fix the link

Oh wow, I thought by the title the professor himself found out he commited those crimes.

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;41673718]can you fix the link[/QUOTE] working now

According to the Millikin site, he is still in his position.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41673705]Shameful. The dude committed a horrific crime, no doubt, but he did his time, served his debt, and got the help he needed to really make something of his life. Unless he's been killing other people in spare time, what possible reason is there to continue harassing him?[/QUOTE] money and fame. i imagine these reporters felt they had a huge history-making story on their hands

[QUOTE=TheHydra;41673774]money and fame. i imagine these reporters felt they had a huge history-making story on their hands[/QUOTE] hardly this is small press news

[QUOTE=NoDachi;41673801]hardly this is small press news[/QUOTE] the "investigators" were dogging this guy for two years so they must've been pretty deluded, or just spiteful

Professor Moriarty.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41673705]Shameful. The dude committed a horrific crime, no doubt, but he did his time, served his debt, and got the help he needed to really make something of his life. Unless he's been killing other people in spare time, what possible reason is there to continue harassing him?[/QUOTE] Exactly, this dude is like, the poster child of mental health rehab. The system worked and he's out living his life normally, I guess leave it to some fucking reporters to shit on his parade.

Someone managed to make an attack on liberals in the comments :facepalm:

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;41674503]Exactly, this dude is like, the poster child of mental health rehab. The system worked and he's out living his life normally, I guess leave it to some fucking reporters to shit on his parade.[/QUOTE] the most fucked-up thing is that he has actively dedicated the majority of his life to making sure other mentally unhealthy kids won't do things like he did and they still want to fuck with him. that's just hateful

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;41674503]Exactly, this dude is like, the poster child of mental health rehab. The system worked and he's out living his life normally, I guess leave it to some fucking reporters to shit on his parade.[/QUOTE] It's like these people [I]don't[/I] want the system to work. [editline]1st August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr._N;41674540]Someone managed to make an attack on liberals in the comments :facepalm:[/QUOTE] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7333627/ShareX/2013-08/2013-08-01_14-20-01.png[/img] jesus christ

[QUOTE=Mr._N;41674540]Someone managed to make an attack on liberals in the comments :facepalm:[/QUOTE] I think you mean this one [quote]earlyriser54 Report Abuse earlyriser54 - 2 hours ago Only a liberal would find nothing wrong with this scenario. Have you ever heard of the work FRAUD? This man perpetrated one of the greatest cases of FRAUD on hundreds of people. He slipped through the cracks of the correctional system and this literally is a case of the inmates being in charge of the asylum. He had to have lied in order to secure employment and I know LYING to a liberal is not a crime as long as the liberals are doing the lying but this story is earth shattering. How would you like to be the parent of a Millikin graduate knowing you paid all that money and your student was taught by a lying, fraudalent, CONVICTED MURDERER? Personally I would have a HUGE problem with that. [/quote]

[QUOTE=D-Roy;41674747]I think you mean this one[/QUOTE] It's really fucking hilarious when you say it out loud. Pretend you're like a super cool suave radio DJ and speak softly, but scream at the top of your lungs when he uses all caps.

The mans clearly trying to redeem himself in some way.

This man is a perfect example of what the Justice System is supposed to do, and these jackasses are trying to punish him for turning his life around instead of spiralling into a cycle of criminality like far too many ex-cons.

[QUOTE=DaCommie1;41675006]This man is a perfect example of what the Justice System is supposed to do, and these jackasses are trying to punish him for turning his life around instead of spiralling into a cycle of criminality like far too many ex-cons.[/QUOTE] Some people still think that the mentally ill should be locked in a Bethlem Asylum for the rest of their lives, even if they "get better" (in quotes because these people don't believe they can get better, only lie about it).

also i noticed a flaw in the article. it says he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, but up until 1980 psychological diagnoses were made with either the DSM-I or DSM-II. These did not contain schizophrenia at all, but rather just psychoses. according to the time frame of the article he was diagnosed in the 60's or 70's, meaning this is what he was actually given. it's more interesting because back then the definitions of disorders were not scientifically or empirically based, but just based on the wisdom of a small number of psychiatrists that worked for the DSM task force. just something i noticed

I don't see what the big deal is. This is what the justice system is supposed to do, take in criminals and make them into better people.

i honestly think the journalist should face some kind of repercussion, you shouldn't be able to ruin peoples lives like that

Considering that he got psychiatric help and moved on to get his degree and help others like him in his work, I think it'd be safe to assume he felt guilt after what he did, even if it was out of his control. Even if these asshat "reporters" hadn't exposed his past, he probably would have felt the pain of it his whole life, since murdering your own family in insanity is not something you easily forget. So now, on top of trying to turn his life around and help those who've suffered like himself, and probably living with guilt his entire life since that day, his reputation is likely dirt now thanks to these opportunistic morons. One more thing: [QUOTE=Cathy Payne] “However, as we got further into the case and each time we looked at the pictures of Gordon, Elizabeth and Libby, we felt like they needed someone to speak for them. Dr. St. James has had a lifetime to speak for himself, but who would speak for them if we remained silent?”[/QUOTE] Dear Cathy Payne: [U]Fuck you, you opportunistic, lying sack of shit.[/U] If you actually gave a damn about the guy and his family, you'd have let the whole thing rest, and known that you had no right to "speak for" the guy's dead family. Assuming that you even have the right to speak for people who are dead, that you never even knew, is quite possibly the most [I]fucktarded[/I] thing a person such as yourself could do. I hope you run afoul of someone insane/vindictive enough to ruin [B]your[/B] life, you human vulture. (Sorry, I usually don't get this intense about much of anything, but ruining someone's life for the hell of it is one of the few things that'll drive me over the edge.)

The title of this made me think that he just now found out that he killed three people as a teenager or something.

Look what this man accomplished after he had been rehabilitated and served his time. People have potential to change, and this man is proof of it.

This is why I don't believe anyone should die for their crimes, since I think death should only occur to those who are naturally Satanically evil -- which no one is. People are not born "evil". It's either their bad upbringings or their screwed up biochemical imbalance in their brain. Ideally, in a perfect world with all the resources we need, we should help the "ill" rather than condemn them to death, because many have the potential to change for the better within their lifetime.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41673705]Shameful. The dude committed a horrific crime, no doubt, but he did his time, served his debt, and got the help he needed to really make something of his life. Unless he's been killing other people in spare time, what possible reason is there to continue harassing him?[/QUOTE] "he's a bad person!!!!"