Originally posted by Jon Guy
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Of course, that is not something I can prove, but simply accepting what he said is a risky strategy when we couple it with how the clothes were pulled down, with how he disagreed with Mizen, with how he used the name Cross, with his working trek and -timing and so on. That is not the background I would want to have to accept that he was in all probability innocent!
You say that the Ripper may have been a paranoid schizophrenic and not a psychopath. That is 100 per cent correct - but it would predispose another killer than Lechmere.
If you have read me correctly, you will know that I am not saying that Lechmere must have been a psychopath - I am saying that he must have been a psychopath IF HE WAS THE KILLER. That owes to how we can see how he acted extremely calmly under pressure, concocting an elaborate lie on his feet that took him past Mizen.
If he was not the killer, we are instead dealing with a mishearing or a lie on Mizens behalf, and Lechmere was not a psychopath.
If Mizen was correct, then either Lechmere lied for another reason than trying to get away with murder, or he was the killer - and a psychopath.
Personally, I would say that the chances of the Ripper being a paranoid schizophrenic are extremely slim anyway.
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