What a sad story. The comments below are almost as sad. In the US a person (no matter how poor, mentally ill or foreign looking) is innocent until proven guilty and so is entitled to defense in court.

If the accused guy was drunk, hallucinating or mentally ill and found guilty, something should be done with him so this doesn't happen again. But the idea homeless should be thrown in jail and forgotten is irresponsible. The 'lock em up' mentality or 'ship them off to Kansas' crowd doesn't help address this growing and persistent problem in Denver and all cities. I don't think a homeless person is 'posing as a homeless person'. Come on. As a society we need to find ways to get sick people off the street. How about some constructive suggestions rather than blaming the ACLU or throwing away the key.