NPR News: Supreme Court Allows States To Virtually Eliminate The Insanity Defense

Supreme Court Allows States To Virtually Eliminate The Insanity Defense
By a 6-to-3 vote, the court essentially allows consideration of mental status only at sentencing. Dissenters accuse the majority of abandoning centuries of Anglo-American law.

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