Episode 6 | Denver Fenton Allen

A humorous and absurdly profane exchange between defendant and judge came to fame when it became a cartoon and played on late-night TV station Adult Swim. But once you look in between the phallic idiolect, a disturbing story comes to light. Was Denver Fenton Allen egregiously disrespecting the decorum expected in a court of law, or was he utilizing whatever tools were at his disposal to eke out what little justice was afforded the poor and mentally ill?

Sources:

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/08/more-lawyers-same-injustice

legalreader.com/wp-content//uploads/sites/3/2016/07/transcript.pdf

https://coosavalleynews.com/2017/12/denverallen/

http://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/forensic-psychology/guilty-but-mentally-ill-verdict/#:~:text=The%20guilty%20but%20mentally%20ill,defendant%20has%20a%20mental%20illness..

npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/02/486632201/guilty-but-mentally-ill-doesnt-protect-against-harsh-sentences