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| Insanity Pleas Landing Killers In Questionable Places |
| By chicagotribune.com |
| Published: 03/07/2011 |
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Bill Larson was shocked to learn that his sister's killer would soon be allowed to walk freely around the grounds of the Elgin Mental Health Center. Larson has lived uneasily with the knowledge that his family's home is barely six miles from the facility where his nephew Karl Sneider is receiving treatment after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2003 decapitation slaying of his mother. A Cook County judge's decision in December to increase Sneider's freedom only heightened his alarm, Larson said. Sneider has received permission to take unsupervised walks at the mental health center. He also will be allowed to make supervised trips to the library or go shopping — privileges often granted to patients on the pathway to possible early release. The judge's action angered Larson, who said he learned of the relaxed restrictions from a prosecutor. He would have preferred to find out, he said, from the Department of Human Services. As the state agency responsible for treating Sneider, it is only required by law to notify those relatives who request status updates whenever their loved ones' killers are allowed to temporarily leave state hospitals or are released from custody. Read More. |
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