Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Sleep

7 Criminal Cases That Invoked the 'Sleepwalking Defense'

Defense lawyers blamed these violent crimes on unconscious acts performed by a sleeping defendant

Posted May 8, 2009

Reader Comments

sleepwalking criminals

SCARY!!!!

sleepwalking

Some people wake in the middle of the night and dont remember, thier brains are not fully functioning.

meowmeow

meow

My husband sleep walks

My Mother-in-Law warned me. As a child, my husband would come out of his room within an hour of going to sleep. He would walk to the front door, unlock it and go for great outdoors. They always caught him and finally put a chain lock up high. Unfortunately they did this in his presence during the day. That very night he came out, walked to the table and slid a chair across the living room. He climbed up, undid the chain and slid the chair back to the table (like a good boy). Then proceeded to the door, unlocked it and went outside, all while his parents watched in utter disbelief. They could never speak to him or he would scream and swing at them. As long as they didn't speak, they could lead him back to bed and he would finish out the night without incident.

He talks in his sleep - when he is stressed about work - and has jacked me in the jaw once, but as far as I know, he no longer sleepwalks.

My daughter has sleepwalked too but only to stand in the living room and stare at the back of my head until I realize she is there.

These use to be funny stories to tell - until now. Just something else to be paranoid about!

my sister

my sister talks in her sleep and i ahve a feeling that she soon will be sleeping walking too! i really hope that she doesn't casue, i would be pretty freaked out. i already get scared when she talks in her sleep imagen walking!!!!

ohhhhhh SCARY!!!!!

THIS IS NOT ABOUT GRAMMER!!!!!!!!

get real! this is not about grammer!

My Daughter sleep walks as well

When I was living in Hawaii,in a 2 story Duplex, my daughter would come down the stairs, fully dressed in play clothes starting at age 4 and go to the kitchen, retriving a snack and going to the front door. I liked to stay up late to watch TV from the main land and I am glad I witness this without her actually going through the door. We had to put top latches on the door with locks. Now that she is older I haven't witness her doing this. We believe she was going through her regular routine as she did every day coming home from school. She would go up stairs change clothes and come down, get her snack and go out to play.

To "WOW"

YOU might want to go back to the 3rd grade and learn to spell, punctuate, and compose a proper sentence !

wow

You guys really need to go to a sleep doctor and do something about your situation, you might end it up hurting yourselfs or hurting someone else... you might not be snd to jail but i dont think you wnat to leve knowing that u killed somebody and you could had sopped by treating your desease... think about it, tomorrow could be to late!!

who care

what does you smoking pot have to do with sleep walking

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