After the shit binger pulled during the Rittenhouse trial, I appreciate the state dotting their Is and crossing their Ts.
Like Gosney said during the day stream, the best way to resolve this is declare Brooks incompetent to stand trial, appoint public defenders, and be done with it.
And it's not because we value people like Brooks. Fuck him. Just like the speech we hate the most should be the one we want the most protected, the criminals we hate the most deserve the fairest, most by-the-book trial. The alternative to that is he gets improperly convicted, spends a few years in appeals, then gets released because the courts fucked up.