Breitbart.com/AP: “Supreme Court to Review Insanity Defense”
From the article:
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a teen convicted of killing an Arizona police officer had a fair chance to argue that he was insane, renewing debate about insanity defenses. Justices over the past decade have repeatedly declined to consider cases involving insanity claims.
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There was evidence that Clark believed his town had been taken over by aliens and that he was being held captive and tortured before the killing.
His lawyer, David Goldberg, told justices that the state insanity law is unconstitutional because it restricts what evidence can be introduced at trial.
“This court has never directly addressed this issue of national importance,” Goldberg said.
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