Kansas does not allow t last week justices heard oral argue ncase of a man convinthed of killing his wife, two teenage daughters, and motherinlaw. His attorney argued he had meantal disorder. The state Supreme Court upheld the verdict but Defense Attorneys apealed. The nations highest court will now decide the case. Well hear argument first this term in case number 186135, kahler versus kansas. Mr. Chief justice, may it please the court. For centuries criminal pull pabblet has hinged on the capacity for moral judgment. To discern and choose between right and wrong. The insane lack that capacity. This understanding of insanity has persisted since the 1500s and remains the rule in 48 jurisdictions today. A kansas moral hypocrisy from the criminal law and the 14th and 8th amendment. Kansas rewrites history in two ways. By elevating the test one never used in this country and only rarely in england, and secondly by conflating common law intent which was a vicious will and bound up in moral
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Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Today as cooler heads thankfully prevailed in ferguson, missouri, police finally revealed something the community has been demanding all week along with some new information about what Michael Brown may have been doing in the minutes before his fatal encounter with the Police Officer. That officer was publicly identified today, but police also released Video Evidence pointing to Michael Brown as a suspect in a store robbery that had occurred shortly before. But even Police Acknowledge that doesnt explain what happened next on the street nor why that officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager. And tonight the release of those pictures is only increasing the demand for those questions to be answered. Again this evening ron allen leads our coverage from ferguson. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening to you, lester. Yes, Ferguson Police released the name of that officer, Darren Wilson, a sixyear veteran, hoping to satisfy one