Sir,
With respect, I believe that you misread my post. I believe that your umbrage is misplaced.
The post does not make such a proposal. My post does not suggest nor recommend a legal defense along those lines.
My post was in reply to AngelsSix's
specific question regarding the lack of alarm raised beforehand regarding the defendant's behavior.
My point was that graduate students can exhibit disturbing--even dangerous and self-destructive--behavior and that activity can get chalked up to the rigors of graduate study.