killing. but experts say that s not a legal defense in the state of ohio. so far no word from prosecutors. as for wise, he could face life in prison. anna young is a former criminal defense attorney and prosecutor and live with us in our newsroom this afternoon. this one s tough to look at. she could not speak, but to suggest that it was a mercy killing, sounds to a lot of observers like a real stretch, anna. right, hi, shep, nice to see you. that s absolutely correct, mercy killings are not legal defenses in the state of ohio. so it s very sympathetic, but legally that s not going to cause john wise to be acquitted. my understanding is that he s pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. and the state of ohio followed the m naghten rule. which is that he was so mentally ill at the time of the killing that he did not understand right from wrong. these kind of defenses are very difficult for the defense to
reasonable doubt. professor richard bonnie is an expert on law and psychiatry. he wrote what is considered a definitive textbook on the hinckley trial. as far as the prosecution was concerned, the dominant diagnosis was that this was a person with a narcissistic personality disorder that was infatuated with jodie foster, and basically what he really wanted was to be famous. but that he was in touch with reality. as far as the defense was concerned, that he basically had a form of schizophrenia, a schizophrenic process disorder, that he was out of touch with reality, was descending into psychosis, that he was delusional. my interpretation of insanity goes back to the old m naghten rule. and it s very simply, can the individual differentiate right from wrong? and clearly during my interview with john hinckley, he clearly
prosecution had to disprove the insanity claim beyond a reasonable doubt. professor richard bonnie is an expert on law and psychiatry. he wrote what is considered a definitive textbook on the hinckley trial. as far as the prosecution was concerned, the dominant diagnosis was that this was a person with a narcissistic personality disorder that was infatuated with jodie foster, and basically what he really wanted was to be tame miscellaneous. but that he was in touch with reality. as far as the defense was concerned, that he basically had a form of schizophrenia, a schizophrenic process disorder, that he was out of touch with reality, was descending into psychosis, that he was delusional. my interpretation of insanity goes back to the old m naghten rule. and it s very simply, can the individual differentiate right from wrong? and clearly during my interview with john hinckley, he clearly understood the difference
he wrote what is considered a definitive textbook on the hinckley trial. as far as the prosecution was concerned, the dominant diagnosis was that this was a person with a narcissistic personality disorder that was infatuated with jodie foster, and basically what he really wanted was to be tame miscellaneous. but that he was in touch with reality. as far as the defense was concerned, that he basically had a form of schizophrenia, a schizophrenic process disorder, that he was out of touch with reality, was descending into psychosis, that he was delusional. my interpretation of insanity goes back to the old m naghten rule. and it s very simply, can the individual differentiate right from wrong? and clearly during my interview with john hinckley, he clearly understood the difference between right and wrong. the prosecution argued that
professor richard bonnie is an expert on law and psychiatry. he wrote what is considered a definitive textbook on the hinckley trial. as far as the prosecution was concerned, the dominant diagnosis was that this was a person with a narcissistic personality disorder that was infatuated with jodie foster, and basically what he really wanted was to be tame to be famous. but that he was in touch with reality. as far as the defense was concerned, that he basically had a form of schizophrenia, a schizophrenic process disorder, that he was out of touch with reality, was descending into psychosis, that he was delusional. my interpretation of insanity goes back to the old m naghten rule.