A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.

Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The petition marks the third time in the last two years she has asked Bohren to let her out of the facility.

She withdrew her first petition two months after filing it in 2022. Bohren denied her second request this past April, saying she remains a risk to the public.

      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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        11 hours ago

        Well it’s the fact that she did this as an untreated mentally ill 12 year old, and now they have a decade of treatment under their belt. The request actually contains a request to be assessed by an expert.

        The one-page petition doesn’t include any arguments for Geyser’s release. Instead, it cites state laws that require Bohren within 20 days to appoint at least one expert to examine her and produce a report within 30 days of being appointed.

        If she hasn’t been assessed there’s no reason not to assess her now that she’s requested it.

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          7 hours ago

          There is a link in the article to an earlier article that covers her 1st request, in which there was an assessment:

          Judge Michael Bohren ruled against Morgan Geyser, now 21, despite the testimony of two psychiatrists, including the medical director of Winnebago Mental Health Institute, who said she was ready to depart that hospital and return to the community under certain conditions.

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            Yeah, it’s not clear if they were the court appointed psychiatrist and if they assembled a report like the law requires. If they did, and the judge ignored it and their testimony he’s being a shitbird.

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          11 hours ago

          People downvoted them, as best I can tell, for saying that being stabbed 19 times is “horrible”.

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            11 hours ago

            Right, it’s obvious that it’s horrible, it’s tone deaf to harp on it when she’s been incarcerated for a decade.

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                No, I want to have patients assessed for release like the law requires and actually have the system do something more than abuse people.

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                  8 hours ago

                  Gonna need more that empty platitudes. Explain what you think is wrong here v which specific laws and processes are not being followed, who is responsible, and what is the remedy? Also why are you rooting for a confirmed attempted murderer? This really comes across as hero worship.

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                    She was fucking 12 and not mentally able, shesbeen in jail for ten years, yeah lets check her out. I swear shes been in jail longer then others and you think thats juuuuust fine right.

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                  7 hours ago

                  This isn’t Brittany Spears. This is someone who lured a victim and attempted to murder her.

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                    Do you remember how fucking stupid 12 year olds are?

                    Now add untreated mental illness to it. Keeping her locked up is nothing but cruel.