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Norman Mailer's Stabbing of Adele Morales: Difference between revisions
Norman Mailer's Stabbing of Adele Morales (view source)
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Yet in an aftermath dominated by friends, family members, colleagues, and other enablers rallying to Norman, it became clear that he’d be “protected” and Adele, for all intent and purposes, was left to recover from her wounds and resume her life.{{cn}} Mailer briefly sat in jail, before being court-ordered to Bellevue for 17 days.{{cn}} In less than one month, he was back home. After plea bargaining was agreed to, Mailer’s reduced charges led to a suspended sentence and probation.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} | Yet in an aftermath dominated by friends, family members, colleagues, and other enablers rallying to Norman, it became clear that he’d be “protected” and Adele, for all intent and purposes, was left to recover from her wounds and resume her life.{{cn}} Mailer briefly sat in jail, before being court-ordered to Bellevue for 17 days.{{cn}} In less than one month, he was back home. After plea bargaining was agreed to, Mailer’s reduced charges led to a suspended sentence and probation.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} | ||
After the stabbing, Mailer was committed to Bellevue Mental Hospital.{{cn}} "I was very upset because my feeling was I committed a crime."{{cn}}{{Verify quote}} His criminal lawyer had suggested he go to the hospital. "He was thinking like a criminal lawyer" Mailer spoke.{{cn}}{{Verify quote}} They used the mental hospital as a way to save him had his wife did end up dying from the injuries inflicted upon her.{{cn}} Mailer hated this, he felt he would go crazy if he'd be there any longer.{{sfn|McNeil|2020|p=51}} | After the stabbing, Mailer was committed to Bellevue Mental Hospital.{{cn}} "I was very upset because my feeling was I committed a crime."{{cn}}{{Verify quote}} His criminal lawyer had suggested he go to the hospital. "He was thinking like a criminal lawyer" Mailer spoke.{{cn}}{{Verify quote}} They used the mental hospital as a way to save him had his wife did end up dying from the injuries inflicted upon her.{{cn}} Mailer hated this, he felt he would go crazy if he'd be there any longer.{{sfn|McNeil|2020|p=51}} | ||
==Personal Response== | ==Personal Response== | ||