Defending the Disabled

Monday, January 19, 2026

L.A. County Public Defender Noah Cox noticed the disturbing trend. Many of his clients seemed to struggle answering even the most basic questions about the crimes they'd been charged with, questions like, "Where were you that day?" It seemed, Cox said, "like they were having troubles related to some sort of intellectual ability."

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LA County Public Defender and CPDA Member Noah Cox and Los Angeles Chief Public Defender and CPDA Board Member Ricardo Garcia were profiled in an NPR story on creating a neurocognitive disorder team in their office. Read more: www.npr.org/2025/11/01/n ...

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... But when he dug into their records, Cox could see that while many had committed serious crimes, most had never been identified as disabled or offered resources to help with cognitive impairments.

So Cox set about to change that.

He helped create a new unit in the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office dedicated to representing people with cognitive disorders. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-19 01:05 AM | Reply

This thread triggered Daddysfist something awful.

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-19 04:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

It's... uh,genetic
#5 | Posted by john_savage1

The word you're looking for is: Eugenics.
That's your solution.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-19 04:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The cruelty is the point.

#8 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-19 04:45 PM | Reply

The problem with "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity" is that the subjects are not adequately supervised or monitored after they are released. This guy walked through a parking lot randomly shooting into cars in 2022, fortunately only hurt one person. Because he was not competent to stand trial, he was diverted to outpatient mental health treatment, wherupon a doctor soon determined he was no threat to society and released him from further treatment. Fast forward and he murders 3 tourists. Https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/osceola-sheriff-kissimmee-triple-shooting-was-random-cold-blooded-
premeditated

#9 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2026-01-19 10:50 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

www.fox35orlando.com

#10 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2026-01-19 10:52 PM | Reply

The nefarious Trumpf junta abruptly slashed two billion dollars in grants to mental health and substance abuse counsellors and agencies nationwide.

"They will have blood on their hands."

Link: drudge.com

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-19 10:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"They will have blood on their hands."

That is what they want to justify the police state they are creating.

#12 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-20 10:40 AM | Reply