11. Polls show the public is skeptical of the insanity plea and thinks of it as a loophole. 12. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, while the defense filed an insanity plea. 13. Salvi was convicted and ordered to serve two life sentences after a jury rejected his insanity plea. 14. Something about the justice system, the insanity plea and double jeopardy. 15. The clincher to his insanity plea? 16. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for less than fours before rejecting her insanity plea. 17. Though Fentress confessed to the crime the day it happened, he was never required to testify in court, because prosecutors accepted his insanity plea. 18. Where once the prosecution had to establish reasonable doubt about an insanity plea, the defense now has to show convincing evidence to support the plea. 19. Whether or not du Pont was mentally incapacitated at the time of the shooting, his lawyer Friday laid the groundwork for a possible insanity plea. 20. A law professor who once was celebrated for overcoming schizophrenia will not stand trial for killing his pregnant fiancee after prosecutors accepted his insanity plea Thursday. |
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