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...Senators were particularly anxious to clear up an inconsistency that cropped up at the Hinckley trial: Who bears the burden of proving the defendant was sane or insane? In federal cases, the prosecution must prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the defendant was legally sane at the time of the crime. In many states, the defense must show, usually by a "preponderance" of evidence, that a suspect was insane in order to win acquittal. Judge Parker chose to use the stricter guidelines in order to avoid giving the defense technical grounds for appeal. This put the burden of proof...
...jury room slammed shut on Friday afternoon, this complex task seemed overwhelming. The psychiatrists who had testified for the prosecution and defense seemed to contradict one another totally. Said Maryland Copelin, 50, who works in a school cafeteria: "If the expert psychiatrists could not decide whether the man was sane, then how are we supposed to decide...
...matter how much money he has, would spend it like that. He pays a jet fare and stays a day. I can't see that." Countered Copelin: "Any time you can buy airplane tickets and go anywhere you want, and get money to do it, you're sane." The most outspoken advocate for conviction was Nathalia Brown, 30, a power company worker, who said: "If he was responsible enough to come all the way to Washington, check into a hotel and pull the trigger several times, he was sane...
...have become its most serious weakness. With so many constituents to please, the movement seems uncertain about what to do next. There is a vision of ultimate success, of course: the dismantling of all the world's nuclear arsenals, no more threat of annihilation. With this dream no sane person can quibble. Where the disagreement comes is over what workable, real-world arms control measures will be acceptable and, even more, how to achieve them...
...amazed that the prosecutor in John Hinckley's trial is trying to prove that Hinckley is sane. The only question is, did he commit a crime? A person's state of mind should not determine his guilt or innocence...