Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

[My Name Is Kate]

The very least JWB could have done, if he were truly mentally ill, is not consume alcohol. Instead, on the night of the assassination, he consumed large quantities of it to give him false courage. So, whether he was mentally ill or not, is irrelevant, IMO. He did what he did because he wanted to do it. His "disease" didn't cause him to do it.

My point in bringing up Ted Bundy, is that there are people who actually think he wasn't responsible for his actions because of some supposed brain disorder or defect or mental illness. I personally do not care whether there was something wrong with his brain or not. There is no excuse for what he did. There is also no way to excuse JWB of responsibility for what he did, by blaming it on some mental illness that he may or may not have had (not that I'm saying anyone is doing that).