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Can someone suffer from psychosis and still be held criminally responsible for murder? Criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Joshua Ritter explains the line Massachusetts law draws in the Lindsay Clancy trial, why mental illness alone does not establish a lack of criminal responsibility, and what jurors must decide even if they believe Clancy was psychotic.

In this Sunday Funday, Josh also answers questions about Massachusetts’ two-part insanity test, the possible verdicts and what happens after each one, Patrick Clancy conspiracy theories, courtroom conduct and comparisons between Lindsay Clancy and Chad Doerman. Plus, Josh examines Bryan Kohberger’s attempt to withdraw his guilty plea and Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s book, proffer agreement and unusual defense in the Tupac Shakur murder trial.

0:00 Welcome to Sunday Funday
2:24 Why defendants are still called “alleged”
7:32 Can someone be psychotic and still be legally responsible?
16:11 Can Bryan Kohberger withdraw his guilty plea?
22:38 Patrick Clancy theories and possible legal liability
29:36 The prosecution’s “mortal sin” question
32:04 Attorney demeanor and possible appellate issues
40:55 Why the Clancy trial became a cultural phenomenon
53:34 Why there is no “guilty by reason of insanity” verdict
1:01:23 Massachusetts’ two-part insanity test
1:06:55 Keffe D’s book and “self-snitching”
1:12:22 Mistrials with prejudice and hung juries
1:14:16 Psychiatric commitment versus a prison sentence
1:19:28 Keffe D’s proffer agreement and Suge Knight
1:26:18 Assassination versus murder
1:32:01 Sidebars, attorney conduct and contempt
1:36:18 Can attorney appearance influence jurors?
1:42:58 Do jurors consider what happens after an insanity verdict?
1:48:01 Chad Doerman versus Lindsay Clancy
1:54:05 Keffe D’s “I was lying” defense
1:56:57 Can jurors truly disregard evidence?
2:00:03 Announcements and upcoming coverage

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