The Luke Wenke Files
…where internet yelling meets the public record
Category: post-hearing briefs
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MEMORANDUM: The Government Urges the Court to Forcibly Institutionalize Luke Wenke
The following document is a post-hearing brief that the U.S. Government, aka federal prosecutors, submitted following an evidentiary proceeding that was held to determine whether Luke Wenke suffers from a mental illness warranting involuntary inpatient treatment. In it, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo and Assistant U.S.…
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MEMORANDUM: The Defense Urges the Court NOT to Forcibly Institutionalize Luke Wenke
The following document is a post-hearing memorandum that Luke Wenke’s public defender, Frank Passafiume, submitted to the court following an evidentiary proceeding that was held to determine whether Wenke suffers from a mental disease or defect warranting involuntary treatment. Passafiume outright accuses the prosecution’s expert…