“””Yet, because of the state’s burden to essentially prove a negative, 11 out of 12 jurors decided that those concrete facts still weren’t enough to totally disprove the possibility that a chaotic psychiatric condition was operating beneath the surface; they decided that a reasonable doubt remained.””””
Would 11 out of 12 jurors in a Conservative State come to the same conclusion as the 11 jurors from a very Leftist Massachusetts did?
I believe most States have similar laws regarding Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity/Mental Defect. If Clancy were tried in a in a different state would the result have been 11 for Not Guilty and 1 for Guilty?
The law in all 49 other states is different. In every state except Massachusetts, the defense must prove insanity beyond a reasonable doubt
In Massachusetts, the state must prove sanity beyond a reasonable doubt.