Man Claims Caffeine Made Him Kill 6
caffiend666 writes "'A Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife is poised to claim excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left him so mentally unstable he couldn't have knowingly killed his wife, his lawyer has notified a court.' 'Dr. Roland Griffiths, a professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University has noted in an unrelated study that there is a diagnosis for "caffeine intoxication," which includes nervousness, excitement, insomnia and possibly rambling speech.' Personally, I just blame 'dark roasts.'"
Not actually (Score:3, Insightful)
The ACTUAL defense is that he did not kill his wife and that it was a combination of sleep deprivation, intensive police interrogation and too much caffeine that lead him to falsely confess to the murder. The defense attorney claims that DNA evidence suggests that someone else did it. We shall see.
That's a somewhat less extreme claim given that it wouldn't be the first time excessively hard ball interrogation has lead to a false confession even without the sleep deprivation and caffeine.