text: Pulling the PTSD card is a disservice to those trying to get their lives back.  It is not an excuse for bad choses.  To pull the defense card if you do not believe the PTSD card  is a joke.  Genghis did not have a weapon.  He was hit with a ax in the back of the head first, then shot with a hand gun, and to finish the job had his head blown off with a  rifle.  You have to ask at what point would Paul have been able to call 911 or run if he was so threatened.  He has had 2 and a half years free on bail to come up with a plea.  The fact is the prosecutor caved.