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ID: how to argue insanity in Idaho? "very carefully"

From the Idaho Statesman:Was John Delling innocent of a 'guilty mind'? - Idaho forbids the insanity defense, but his attorneys hope to prove the paranoid schizophrenic couldn't have premeditated a murderSerial shooting suspect John Delling might be mentally fit to stand trial for murder this spring, but his attorneys say Delling wasn't mentally healthy enough to know what he was doing... That sounds a lot like an insanity defense... Delling and his attorneys have a major problem offering this strategy, however. Though mental stability can lighten a person's sentence, Idaho is one of three states that do not allow an insanity defense to try to beat a conviction...

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on March 03, 2009 (boomark / email).