Supreme Court Upholds Narrow Arizona Insanity Defense Law
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 08, Number 03, September/October 2006 , pp.33-36(4)
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Abstract:
The insanity defense may not be a gateway to diversion of the mentally ill from the criminal justice system, but it certainly is an interesting diversion for jurists and scholars anxious to debate the most fundamental notions of criminal responsibility.Keywords: Clark v. Arizona, 126 S.Ct. 2709, Durham v. M’Naghten, State v. Mott, 931 P.2d 1046, United States v. Freeman, 357 F.2d 606, 615-20
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