Why the Insanity Defense is Un-scientific

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 18:42 in Health & Medicine

It is increasingly common for criminal defendants to point to underlying mental illness as a mitigating factor. The problem with such a defense is that it completely misunderstands the science. read more

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