The Insanity Defense in the Death of a Young Boy

The Insanity Defense in the Death of a Young Boy

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No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light. But while prosecutors say she needs to be held accountable for her actions, her lawyers say her mental state at the time absolves her of liability. When Wierson sped through the streets of a DeKalb County, Georgia, neighborhood, she believed she was on a God-assigned mission to save her daughter from being killed.

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