Judge: Baby killer was insane
Child bled to death in crib after mother cut off her arms
Friday, April 7, 2006; McKINNEY, TEXAS (AP) -- A woman accused of killing her 10-month-old daughter by cutting off her arms was found not guilty of capital murder by reason of insanity in her retrial Friday.
Police arrested Dena Schlosser in November 2004 after finding her baby Margaret dying in her crib and Schlosser covered in blood, holding a knife and listening to a hymn.
Schlosser will be sent to the maximum security Vernon State Mental Hospital.
Schlosser, 38, didn't say anything as bailiffs led her away after the verdict.
"We have a just verdict in a just case, but yes, it is bittersweet." defense attorney David Haynes said. "She wanted to be sent to the state hospital in Vernon. She feels it is her best chance to get better."
A judge issued the verdict after brief proceedings. Defense attorneys and prosecutors agreed last week to have Judge Chris Oldner decide the case after a jury deadlocked in February, forcing a mistrial.
The case hinged on whether Schlosser had severe mental problems that kept her from knowing the wrongfulness of the crime -- the Texas standard for insanity. Last week it was revealed that Schlosser had a brain tumor that defense attorneys said could have caused hallucinations before the killing, but neither the tumor nor any other evidence was discussed Friday.
Both sides waived closing arguments Friday, and the judge ruled based on evidence presented in the first trial.
Prosecutors didn't immediately comment, and jurors declined to talk about the case.
Schlosser will be sent to the Vernon hospital for 30 days, after which time the hospital will issue a report on her mental health and a judge will decide whether she needs to be recommitted. If she is recommitted, a judge will review another report after six months, then another each year she's hospitalized after that.
"My own expectation is that she will remain at the hospital for many, many years," Haynes said.
Bob Nicholas, Schlosser's former stepfather who helped raised her and the only relative in attendance Friday, said the verdict was the best possible scenario.
"This whole case, this whole situation with Dena, was a tragedy," Nicholas said. "We've got the loss of Maggie, who never reached her first birthday. We've got two little girls coping with the loss of their sister and of a loving, caring mother."
John Schlosser, Schlosser's husband, has filed for divorce and has custody of the couple's two other daughters.
Dena Schlosser's tumor was a new element in the defense's argument, which had focused on her psychological disorders. Several psychiatrists in her first trial testified that Schlosser lost touch with reality, suffered severe mood swings and experienced religious hallucinations and delusions.
While one witness alluded to a possible brain lesion, miscommunication between doctors delayed further testing until three weeks after the mistrial. A neurologist's confirmation of a brain tumor gave the defense another argument, which it presented at a hearing March 31.
During her first trial, one doctor said Schlosser told him she wanted to cut off her baby's arms and her own limbs and head and give them God. Other medical testimony referenced erratic behavior and hallucinations, including apostles rising out of blood-filled streets to herald the apocalypse.
Testimony in the first trial lasted seven days and also included police, acquaintances, family, social workers and Schlosser's preacher, Doyle Davidson.
The defense faulted Schlosser's husband for not getting her adequate mental health treatment and also blamed Davidson, who believes only God can cure mental illness.
The state argued the defense was trying to deflect responsibility from Schlosser. Prosecutors presented a methodical case, focusing on possible inconsistencies and behaviors that might indicate Schlosser knew killing her baby was wrong.
After 42 hours of deliberations, the jury deadlocked with 10 of the 12 agreeing she was insane. Oldner declared a mistrial February 25.
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Apr 7, 2006
Great, now I'm on their s/hit list!
NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT RESPONDS TO MONTANA GOP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHUCK DENOWETH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT RESPONDS TO MONTANA GOP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHUCK DENOWETH Republicans' Hypocrisy Shows Jewish Control Of Their Party The comments of Montana Republican Executive Director Chuck Denowrth today to KFBB Channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana remind me of a story. Please indulge: When I lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, I managed the campaign of Constitution Party candidate Brian Saunders. He ran for Congress in Maryland's 8th District against Democrat Terry Lierman and Republican Connie Morella. The race was tight, and both parties poured money into the campaign. Lierman spent $2 million; Connie spent $1 million. We spent $40,000. At the end of the day, Brian won 2.6% of the vote. Connie got something like 49% Lierman got some like 48%. The Republicans took notice. In 2002 I was invited to the Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner. Connie was running again and Democratic State Senator Christopher Van Hollen and State Rep Mark Shriver were vying to oppose her. The Republicans wanted to talk to me. So I had dinner with Connie, now Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich, Karl Rove, and most of the local Montgomery County Republican officials. Connie Morella told me to stop running candidates against her to he right. I told her that I, and the coalition I had built, would not endorse a candidate who was anti-gun, pro-abortion and pro-war. Her response was: "But if you keep doing this I'm going to lose and a Democrat is going to win." I told her: "I'd rather have an honest scumbag Democrat in office then a dishonest Republican." One of the Republican consultants then chimed in: "But Bill, you don't understand. It doesn't matter what the candidates think about the issues. All that matters is that they have an 'R' by their name. You see, someone who is pro-gun and anti-abortion can't survive in this District. But on important party issues she can have the occassional break and vote with the GOP." I found that logic extremely offensive. By the end of the night, we had not reached a deal. Connie went on to lose the next election. ----- The principles of the GOP have always been "it doesn't matter what the candidate believes, as long as they have an 'R' by their name." Every time the GOP puts up a candidate that toes the Jewish line of cultural destruction on an issue, that wants to arode American's rights, or that wants to pollute our country with another round of mud invaders or take steps that help promote black crime, they tell the Republican base "it doesn't matter what the candidate believes, as long as they have an 'R' by their name." But when a white candidate runs for office -- a candidate that bucks the Jewish line and which takes stands that the Jewish neo-cons and their white capitalist allies in the Bush administration cannot stomach -- suddenly what the candidate believes matters. What does this tell us about the GOP establishment? The GOP establishment exists to perpetuate the interests of the Jews, and the lines they give to Republicans living in liberal or Democratic districts about the need to compromise with Jewish culture poison are exactly that -- lies. Bill White National Socialist Movement
Apr 6, 2006
Judas betrayed at Jesus' request?
Text might be hidden 'gospel of Judas'
Manuscript authenticated by carbon dating to 300 A.D.
Thursday, April 6, 2006; Posted: 2:15 p.m. EDT (18:15 GMT)
(AP) -- National Geographic unveiled an ancient manuscript Thursday that may shed new light on the relationship between Jesus and Judas, the disciple who betrayed him.
The papyrus manuscript was written probably around 300 A.D. in Coptic script, a copy of an earlier Greek manuscript.
It was discovered in the desert in Egypt in the 1970s and has now been authenticated by carbon dating and studied and translated by biblical scholars, National Geographic announced.
Unlike the four gospels in the Bible, this text indicates that Judas betrayed Jesus at Jesus' request.
The text begins "the secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot."
The key passage comes when Jesus tells Judas "you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothed me."
This indicates that Judas would help liberate the spiritual self by helping Jesus get rid of his physical flesh, the scholars said.
The manuscript was first mentioned in a treatise around 180 A.D. by a bishop, Irenaeus of Lyon, in what is now France. The bishop denounced the manuscript as differing from mainstream Christianity and said it produced a fictitious story.
There were several gospels in circulation at the time in addition to the four in the Bible. When those gospels were denounced, it was thought that believers hid them away.
What scholars refer to as the gospel of Judas was kept by a group called the Gnostics, who believed that the way to salvation was through secret knowledge given by Jesus to his inner circle.
National Geographic said the author believed that Judas Iscariot alone understood the true significance of Jesus' teachings.
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Manuscript authenticated by carbon dating to 300 A.D.
Thursday, April 6, 2006; Posted: 2:15 p.m. EDT (18:15 GMT)
(AP) -- National Geographic unveiled an ancient manuscript Thursday that may shed new light on the relationship between Jesus and Judas, the disciple who betrayed him.
The papyrus manuscript was written probably around 300 A.D. in Coptic script, a copy of an earlier Greek manuscript.
It was discovered in the desert in Egypt in the 1970s and has now been authenticated by carbon dating and studied and translated by biblical scholars, National Geographic announced.
Unlike the four gospels in the Bible, this text indicates that Judas betrayed Jesus at Jesus' request.
The text begins "the secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot."
The key passage comes when Jesus tells Judas "you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothed me."
This indicates that Judas would help liberate the spiritual self by helping Jesus get rid of his physical flesh, the scholars said.
The manuscript was first mentioned in a treatise around 180 A.D. by a bishop, Irenaeus of Lyon, in what is now France. The bishop denounced the manuscript as differing from mainstream Christianity and said it produced a fictitious story.
There were several gospels in circulation at the time in addition to the four in the Bible. When those gospels were denounced, it was thought that believers hid them away.
What scholars refer to as the gospel of Judas was kept by a group called the Gnostics, who believed that the way to salvation was through secret knowledge given by Jesus to his inner circle.
National Geographic said the author believed that Judas Iscariot alone understood the true significance of Jesus' teachings.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Apr 5, 2006
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Time to say: ‘Not in our state’
By Travis McAdam - 04/02/06
When we brought the white supremacist affiliations of Butte legislative candidate Shawn Stuart to the media’s attention, we felt it was information that Montanans needed to know. We’re glad that the press agreed. The state’s newspapers provided a needed service when they ran the article on Stuart over the weekend. They helped shine the light of public scrutiny on the racist and anti-Semitic beliefs of Stuart and the National Socialist Movement. Public and critical exposure is a valuable tool for communities trying to keep hate groups from taking hold. Unfortunately, those of us who help expose the agendas of hate groups often become targets ourselves.
Following publication of the article, Stuart’s National Socialist Movement began targeting Montana Human Rights Network employees. It began with harassing phone calls and continued with postings on National Socialist Movement websites. One website features my home address and telephone number, as well as those of my fellow Network coworkers Ken Toole and Christine Kaufmann. Websites for the National Socialist Movement are also smearing the Network’s reputation, saying that we engage in “terrorist bombings and arsons.”
These actions by the National Socialist Movement illustrate the tactics hate groups like to use — intimidation, threats of violence, and misinformation. White supremacists prefer to use these tactics under the cover of night and anonymously. In other words, they are bullies and thugs who feast on public apathy and target those of us who stand up to them. Many people do not take the hate movement seriously, since the number of hardcore racists is relatively small. However, just like the school yard bully, they will continue trying to intimidate us until the larger community publicly condemns them.
Montana’s history is full of examples of racist and anti-government bullies trying to run roughshod over communities. In the early 1990s, a group of neo-Nazi skinheads terrorized Billings’ Jewish community. It began with cemetery vandalism and escalated to a brick being thrown through the front window of a Jewish home. In the mid-1990s, the Montana Freemen formed their own illegal courts and issued death warrants for criminal justice employees in Eastern Montana. In 2001, David Burgert and Project 7, a militia group, compiled hit lists containing personal information about criminal justice employees and their families in the Flathead area. Beginning in 2004, Kevin McGuire, a racist recruiter in Bozeman, posted false and misleading propaganda about local citizens on racist websites before running for the local school board.
The logical question to ask in all of these cases is, “What happened?” With the Montana Freemen and Project 7, group activists were arrested and sentenced to prison. In Bozeman, Kevin McGuire has had problems following the law, but he remains on the streets. However, thanks to the network and its Bozeman affiliate, the people of Bozeman have a clear picture of who McGuire is and what he represents. The community of Billings came together and opposed the neo-Nazi skinheads in the “Not in Our Town” campaign, which has been replicated in cities across the nation. The citizens of Billings emphatically stated that racist and anti-Semitic beliefs did not represent their values. They stood up to the neo-Nazi bullies together.
All the Montana examples reveal a common theme. White supremacists and anti-government bullies cannot win if we stand together. It is up to us to tell those who target our communities that we will not look the other way and be complacent. Instead, we will tell them that, if they target one of us, they will have to answer to all of us. Right now, it is our staff that is under fire from the National Socialist Movement. Tomorrow, it could be a local judge, elected official, or business owner. Montana now has the opportunity to say, “Not in our state.”
Travis McAdam is the Montana Human Rights Network’s research director. The network can be reached at PO Box 1222, Helena, MT 59624, or network@mhrn.org.
By Travis McAdam - 04/02/06
When we brought the white supremacist affiliations of Butte legislative candidate Shawn Stuart to the media’s attention, we felt it was information that Montanans needed to know. We’re glad that the press agreed. The state’s newspapers provided a needed service when they ran the article on Stuart over the weekend. They helped shine the light of public scrutiny on the racist and anti-Semitic beliefs of Stuart and the National Socialist Movement. Public and critical exposure is a valuable tool for communities trying to keep hate groups from taking hold. Unfortunately, those of us who help expose the agendas of hate groups often become targets ourselves.
Following publication of the article, Stuart’s National Socialist Movement began targeting Montana Human Rights Network employees. It began with harassing phone calls and continued with postings on National Socialist Movement websites. One website features my home address and telephone number, as well as those of my fellow Network coworkers Ken Toole and Christine Kaufmann. Websites for the National Socialist Movement are also smearing the Network’s reputation, saying that we engage in “terrorist bombings and arsons.”
These actions by the National Socialist Movement illustrate the tactics hate groups like to use — intimidation, threats of violence, and misinformation. White supremacists prefer to use these tactics under the cover of night and anonymously. In other words, they are bullies and thugs who feast on public apathy and target those of us who stand up to them. Many people do not take the hate movement seriously, since the number of hardcore racists is relatively small. However, just like the school yard bully, they will continue trying to intimidate us until the larger community publicly condemns them.
Montana’s history is full of examples of racist and anti-government bullies trying to run roughshod over communities. In the early 1990s, a group of neo-Nazi skinheads terrorized Billings’ Jewish community. It began with cemetery vandalism and escalated to a brick being thrown through the front window of a Jewish home. In the mid-1990s, the Montana Freemen formed their own illegal courts and issued death warrants for criminal justice employees in Eastern Montana. In 2001, David Burgert and Project 7, a militia group, compiled hit lists containing personal information about criminal justice employees and their families in the Flathead area. Beginning in 2004, Kevin McGuire, a racist recruiter in Bozeman, posted false and misleading propaganda about local citizens on racist websites before running for the local school board.
The logical question to ask in all of these cases is, “What happened?” With the Montana Freemen and Project 7, group activists were arrested and sentenced to prison. In Bozeman, Kevin McGuire has had problems following the law, but he remains on the streets. However, thanks to the network and its Bozeman affiliate, the people of Bozeman have a clear picture of who McGuire is and what he represents. The community of Billings came together and opposed the neo-Nazi skinheads in the “Not in Our Town” campaign, which has been replicated in cities across the nation. The citizens of Billings emphatically stated that racist and anti-Semitic beliefs did not represent their values. They stood up to the neo-Nazi bullies together.
All the Montana examples reveal a common theme. White supremacists and anti-government bullies cannot win if we stand together. It is up to us to tell those who target our communities that we will not look the other way and be complacent. Instead, we will tell them that, if they target one of us, they will have to answer to all of us. Right now, it is our staff that is under fire from the National Socialist Movement. Tomorrow, it could be a local judge, elected official, or business owner. Montana now has the opportunity to say, “Not in our state.”
Travis McAdam is the Montana Human Rights Network’s research director. The network can be reached at PO Box 1222, Helena, MT 59624, or network@mhrn.org.
State Nazi candidate denouced
State Nazi candidate denounced
By MATT GOURAS - Associated Press Writer - 04/05/06
HELENA — The Montana Republican Party says it did not recruit and will work to defeat a Butte man with ties to a white supremacist group who is running as a Republican for the Legislature.
But Shawn Stuart, a member of the National Socialist Movement which bills itself as ‘‘America’s Nazi Party’’, says local Republicans were aware of some of his views when he told them of his plans to run for office.Stuart, 24, is the lone Republican running for House District 76, looking to oppose Democrats Kevin Lowney and Rep. Jon Sesso, the incumbent.In a letter sent Tuesday to The Montana Standard of Butte, state GOP chairman Karl Ohs said he first learned of Stuart’s white supremacist ties in that newspaper’s report over the weekend.‘‘I want to make it clear that neither the state nor county Republican Party organizations had any part in recruiting this man to run for office,’’ Ohs wrote. ‘‘The Montana Republican Party in no way condones what the Nazis stand for.’’Ohs went on to call Stuart ‘‘misinformed on a number of levels,’’ and said the state GOP would work to defeat him.
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Stuart said he attended local Republican functions in Butte where he told party members that he was against gays. But he never told them about his membership in the National Socialist Movement, he said.‘‘They did know I was extremely anti-abortion, extremely anti-gay rights and extremely pro gun,’’ he said. ‘‘I told them I was anti-gay. They knew that.’’Stuart, who plans to stay on the ticket and continue to run for the office, said it is true he did not tell the Republicans the full extent of his views.‘‘I’m not going to lie to you and tell you they knew I was a Nazi, because they didn’t know that,’’ he said.Stuart said Republicans are denouncing him just to cover themselves in the face of criticism after it was learned over the weekend that he has ties to the National Socialist Movement.The National Socialist Movement put out a release Tuesday attacking Ohs for being ‘‘hypocritical’’ by trying to distance the GOP from Stuart.The state Democratic Party said it would trust Ohs to help beat Stuart.‘‘This is an argument between the Montana Republican Party and the Nazis,’’ said Jessica Rhoades, spokeswoman for the Montana Democratic Party. ‘‘Democrats have already denounced Shawn Stuart and his beliefs. We take Chairman Karl Ohs at his word and hope he will join us in our efforts to ensure that Shaun Stuart and those like him are never elected to any office in Montana.’’
By MATT GOURAS - Associated Press Writer - 04/05/06
HELENA — The Montana Republican Party says it did not recruit and will work to defeat a Butte man with ties to a white supremacist group who is running as a Republican for the Legislature.
But Shawn Stuart, a member of the National Socialist Movement which bills itself as ‘‘America’s Nazi Party’’, says local Republicans were aware of some of his views when he told them of his plans to run for office.Stuart, 24, is the lone Republican running for House District 76, looking to oppose Democrats Kevin Lowney and Rep. Jon Sesso, the incumbent.In a letter sent Tuesday to The Montana Standard of Butte, state GOP chairman Karl Ohs said he first learned of Stuart’s white supremacist ties in that newspaper’s report over the weekend.‘‘I want to make it clear that neither the state nor county Republican Party organizations had any part in recruiting this man to run for office,’’ Ohs wrote. ‘‘The Montana Republican Party in no way condones what the Nazis stand for.’’Ohs went on to call Stuart ‘‘misinformed on a number of levels,’’ and said the state GOP would work to defeat him.
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Stuart said he attended local Republican functions in Butte where he told party members that he was against gays. But he never told them about his membership in the National Socialist Movement, he said.‘‘They did know I was extremely anti-abortion, extremely anti-gay rights and extremely pro gun,’’ he said. ‘‘I told them I was anti-gay. They knew that.’’Stuart, who plans to stay on the ticket and continue to run for the office, said it is true he did not tell the Republicans the full extent of his views.‘‘I’m not going to lie to you and tell you they knew I was a Nazi, because they didn’t know that,’’ he said.Stuart said Republicans are denouncing him just to cover themselves in the face of criticism after it was learned over the weekend that he has ties to the National Socialist Movement.The National Socialist Movement put out a release Tuesday attacking Ohs for being ‘‘hypocritical’’ by trying to distance the GOP from Stuart.The state Democratic Party said it would trust Ohs to help beat Stuart.‘‘This is an argument between the Montana Republican Party and the Nazis,’’ said Jessica Rhoades, spokeswoman for the Montana Democratic Party. ‘‘Democrats have already denounced Shawn Stuart and his beliefs. We take Chairman Karl Ohs at his word and hope he will join us in our efforts to ensure that Shaun Stuart and those like him are never elected to any office in Montana.’’
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