Man Who Took Responsibility for Dead Animals in Wife's Trial Files Insanity Plea
The man who said he cared for the animals that were left to die in a Columbia townhouse filed a plea of insanity in the case.
The man accused of leaving more than 20 animals to die in a Columbia townhouse, who took responsibility for their deaths in his wife's trial, filed a plea of insanity in circuit court earlier this month. Brady Decker, 39, of the 9400 block of Hundred Drums Row in Columbia, was scheduled to begin a criminal jury trial on Feb. 13 for his role in the animals' deaths, but that trial was pushed back after the insanity plea was filed and Decker's lawyer asked for more time, according to documents filed in Howard County Circuit Court. The trial is now scheduled to begin April 23. The court has ordered that Decker be examined by a doctor from the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene. Decker was charged with 72 counts of animal cruelty and 21 …
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Homer, Otto & Olivia
3:44 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The lawyer will see that he gets off - I find it really pathetic that people have to swear in court to tell the truth - but lawyers get to use any means they feel is fit to bend the truth and confuse a jury. That is exactly what happened in the first trial. No doubt he will do it again. It makes me sick to think that animals suffered - and we are wasting so much time and money to put the blame … more ›