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Do you guys think Heilberg could have gotten Elliot Rodger or Randy Stair lenient treatment? Elliot at least was formally diagnosed with autism and Randy probably had some kind of major depressive disorder plus some potential gender dysphoria (though more honestly he was some otherkin shit).
How do you get lenient treatment for someone who an hero'd? That's kind of beyond the abilities of any attorney.
You are more of an expert than I am but don't a lot of places use a rolling list of defense attorneys instead of having a Public Defenders office? Is it possible he was just assigned to Chris by a luck of the draw?
I can't legally call myself an expert on this matter, I'd get in trouble and it would hurt me in my career. Please bear that in mind.
But yes, he could have just been the next name on the list -- I'm just speculating that the judge might have intentionally picked his name from the list, or there might have been a separate list for serious cases.
We have no way of knowing for sure, since nobody who was at that particular hearing gave a detailed description of that part of the process. I think all we have to go on is the one reporter's account.