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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN
Executive editor
ContrarianCommentary.com

ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT/DAYBOOK EDITORS

FORMER ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW AND MENTAL HEALTH LAW EXPERT ANDY MARTIN WILL OFFER NEW INSIGHTS AND COMMENTARY ON THE "MIND OF A MURDERER" AT VIRGINIA TECH

MARTIN SAYS THE "MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM" AT COLLEGE AND IN COURTS FAILED SOCIETY AND STUDENT VICTIMS

MARTIN'S PROFILE OF CHO SEUNG HUI OFFERS A UNIQUE ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS THAT LED TO MASS MURDER

(NEW YORK)(April 19, 2007) Chicago-based Internet journalist, broadcaster and media critic Andy Martin will hold a New York news conference Thursday, April 19th at 3:00 P.M. to provide exclusive insights on the Virginia Tech massacre. Martin is in New York for interviews. Martin is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of law (Juris Doctor).

In an exclusive analysis published at ContrarianCommentary.com Martin has presented a radically different view of the mind of mass murderer Cho Seung Hui.

"One of the areas of legal study I have pursued is mental illness and mental health, as they impact on cases and courts. I have advised schizophrenic patients and observed mentally ill patients under a variety of conditions," Martin stated in announcing the news conference.

"The 'profile' which we have prepared at ContrarianCommentary.com offers new insights which we believe will prove to be predictive and accurate. Up until now no one has integrated the mental illness of the murderer (apparent schizophrenia) with the actual conditions that led him to commit mass murder. We think we have a theory of the case that will stand up, and we offer it for rigorous peer review and public debate.

"I also hope to provoke pubic debate on the issue of the need for expanded awareness of the symptoms and signals of mental illness.

"Mental illness is the stepchild of the medical profession. Most lawyers know that. Some of us begin the study of mental health law in law school. We also see how the stress of litigation, particularly in cases such as divorce, leads people to commit horrific crimes.

"Maybe now we can encourage congressional or state action to ensure that expanded mental health treatment is considered part of standard medical insurance coverage.

"It is clear that the mental health system, at the college and in the courts, failed society and failed the students who became victims of Mr. Cho. We cannot allow their deaths to be in vain.

NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO: Internet journalist/editor/critic Andy Martin

WHERE: In front of Carnegie Hall (main entrance)
156 W. 57th Street, New York

WHEN: Thursday, April 19, 2007; 3:00 P.M.

WHAT: Andy Martin provides an new integrated profile
analysis of Cho Seung Hui and offers an
explanation as to how the student's mental illness combined with his environment to create the
explosive massacre at Virginia Tech.

MEDIA
CONTACT: (866) 706-2639

WEBSITE: ContrarianCommentary.com

E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
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Chicago-based Internet journalist, broadcaster and media critic Andy Martin is the Executive Editor and publisher of ContrarianCommentary.com. © Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Martin covers regional, national and world politics with forty years of personal experience. Columns also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Comments? E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com. Media contact: (866) 706-2639. Web sites: ContrarianCommentary.com; AndyforUSSenator.com

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