criminal responsibility

A near-mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case over "mortal sin" made crime followers question what seemed to be a contradiction: Why could the defense invoke God and heaven as evidence of psychosis while the state could not examine…

The Lindsay Clancy trial in Massachusetts passed the jury selection phase, and the main focus this week was on her mental frame of mind. The defense pointed to some intriguing developments with regard to her contact with a crisis helpline.…