Former Alabama College Professor Pleads Guilty to Fatal Shooting
(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — An ex-professor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010, court officials said.
Amy Bishop, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of capital murder involving two or more people and three counts of attempted murder. She had earlier pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity
Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty against the Harvard-educated Bishop and it was not immediately clear if they would drop the penalty as part of the plea deal, which is common in such cases. Sentencing will be after arguments are heard at a hearing on Sept. 24 before Madison County Circuit Judge Alan Mann in Huntsville.
Prosecutors say the former biology professor on Feb. 12, 2010, pulled a gun out of her purse and opened fire at the meeting. Her attorneys say she had mental problems.
http://nation.time.com/2012/09/11/former-ala-college-professor-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-shooting/#ixzz26CGZCzJ5
What a waste of intellectual potential.