A heartbroken dad warned a lenient California judge was creating a de facto “license to kill” by sentencing his son’s killer to probation this week after he stabbed him 108 times in a pot-induced frenzy.
“There’s no respect and no responsibility for anything anymore,” Sean O’Melia told The Post Wednesday. “If you could stab someone 108 times and get a trial, we would have nothing but anarchy and chaos.”
Bryn Spejcher, now 33, was taking marijuana from a bong while at victim Chad O’Melia’s Thousand Oaks apartment in 2018 when he suddenly began attacking her with a knife.
Despite consuming one toke of standard pot leaves, Spejcher went on a prolonged rampage, stabbing the 26-year-old accountant 108 times.
Lawyers for Spejcher, an audiologist, argued that he was not responsible for the bloody murder because of his drunken state.
Bryn Spejcher was given probation after stabbing Chad O’Melia 108 times. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR / USA TODAY NETWORK Spejcher stabbed himself in the neck after deputies arrived at the bloody scene. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
The Ventura County District Attorney initially charged Spejcher with involuntary manslaughter, before the new DA downgraded the rap to involuntary manslaughter.
The lesser charge carries a maximum term of five years.
But Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley declined to impose any jail time, opting instead for two years of probation and community service.
The slap on the wrist shocked O’Melia’s father, who said his son had only known his killer for a few weeks, after they met at a local dog park.
“He was given a free pass to kill,” he said. “I will say this without any doubt. The judge was biased all the time, during the entire case. And he proves it with this verse.”
Sean O’Melia, rightly, said “no responsibility for anything else.” KTLA
The parents said the weed was purchased at a local dispensary, and there have been no other reports of it causing psychotic episodes in others.
He said he believed Spejcher had tendencies that predisposed him to marijuana-induced psychosis, but said he deserved jail time.
The father tore through Spejcher’s defense for shifting the blame to his son, who had bought marijuana.
“My son didn’t do anything to that girl,” he said. “He has shown nothing but kindness. He is the one who asked for it.”
O’Melia recalled knocking on her door after the incident and seeing two sheriff’s deputies standing in front of her.
The officers told her her son was dead, and the scene was too gruesome for her to see.
Chad O’Melia had only been seeing Spejcher for a few weeks before he killed her after smoking pot in her apartment. Facebook
“We are very angry, very disappointed,” he said. “There is no justice here.”
O’Melia said she also worries that Spejcher – or someone else – could hurt someone in the future, blame it on the mind-altering substance, and receive little punishment.
“The judge just gave everyone in this state a license to kill,” he said.
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