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Mental Illness as a Legal Defense
As concerns about the death penalty mount, one case to consider is the infamous Idaho 4 murders and a confession by Bryan Kohberger. He confessed to avoid a death penalty sentence. Now, documents have been released that indicate he suffers from significant mental health issues.... Read the full post I definitely struggle with even believing the insanity plea because if she was cleared to stand trial then for insane could she have been Also she had the resources and supports to help but apparently that was not enough so blame the doctors?... Lindsay Clancey
Mental health or premeditated murder If she was suffering from mental health how do you go from such severe mental health you strangle your own children but all of a sudden you are ok? At what point is it the patient’s responsibility to manage multiple doctors and meds?... The 19th Amendment Under Fire: What the Lindsay Clancy Case Has Unleashed
A Massachusetts mistrial has reignited an old political argument about whether women should have the constitutional right to vote. The reported 11 to 1 division inside the jury has become the central point for people attacking the 19th Amendment.... Plymouth Clancy Mistrial: The Holdout, the Hung Jury, and What the Law Actually Requires
It's another case of "What's BAD is GOOD." How can this woman POSSIBLY be INNOCENT? One juror stood in the way of a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. That is what the defense said. That is what the jury foreperson’s notes were said to show.... Arizona AG Kris Mayes has moved to dismiss the 2024 "fake electors" prosecution against Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and 16 others. The detail buried under the headlines: it was dismissed without prejudice, which means the charges can be refiled.... - 12Kattbox...
Evidence of intent to surrender then makes acts committed attrocities.