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What is the Insanity Defense?

What is the Insanity Defense?

A decision by the United States Supreme Court could allow states to eliminate the so-called “insanity defense” that allows a criminal defendant to argue that they are mentally incapable of understanding right from wrong. As of now, only five states fail to allow the insanity defense, but it is believed
Joseph Lyttleton Mar 26, 2020

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