I mean it also helps that he was tried in Texas where they don’t believe in mental health exceptions. She’s being tried in Massachusetts, which has a very different political climate.
I mean, yes, you can be considered innocent by reason of insanity in Texas too. That's what the Battaglia defense tried for the 15 years he spent in death row. The courts determined that he had read about bipolar disorders and that he was faking it, not that insanity can't make someone incompetent to stand trial.
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u/500rockin 12h ago
I mean it also helps that he was tried in Texas where they don’t believe in mental health exceptions. She’s being tried in Massachusetts, which has a very different political climate.