#criminal-responsibility

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fromwww.ocregister.com
5 days ago

Lookout convicted for notorious California honor roll murder' says he didn't believe killing would actually happen

A man convicted as a lookout in a 1992 honor roll student murder seeks to overturn his conviction, arguing he believed the killing plan was fantasy rather than a genuine plot.
fromIndependent
3 months ago

Man charged with murdering his mother had called to her home but visit 'ended badly', jury told

A Kerry man who strangled his mother while suffering a manic or hypomanic episode related to bipolar disorder still understood what he was doing and is guilty of her murder, the State is to argue before a trial jury. Sean Guerin SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions in his opening speech today said that there is no dispute that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), was suffering from a mental illness when he assaulted his mother.
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