05/14/2025
Recent defendants who pleaded Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity range from a woman who taped a man to a chair and tortured him for three days to a stepmother accused of starving her stepdaughter. No wonder jurors are skeptical.
Jurors are understandably skeptical of insanity pleas; so are true crime fans. But what about the psychologists who testify? How do they decide if a defendant is insane or acting?
