A First Hearing For Butts Before The Psychiatric Security Review Board
June 26, 2019 6:52AM PDT
SALEM, Ore.— Daniel Butts the Man who shot and killed Rainier Police chief Ralph Painter 8 years ago pleaded guilty and took a settlement offer in March fast forward to now, he’s still in the Oregon State hospital even though he was considered competent to stand trial. A psychiatric security review board will hold a preliminary hearing today. This meeting will formally notify Daniel Butts of his rights. It could take 6 to 12 months before he’s sets foot in a prison. This case has already cost the taxpayers between a 3 and 4 million dollars. Keeping Butts in the state hospital isn’t cheap at all it costs 13 hundred dollars a day. Doctors concluded Butts suffered from Schizophrenia at the time he murdered Painter.
