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Forensic Psychology

Mental Illness and the Law

What does guilty but insane mean?

Within the last few decades, several states have adopted a guilty but mentally ill verdict. The person is not excused from criminal liability due to insanity, but the court recognizes that mental illness played a role in the crime. Defendants with a guilty but mentally ill verdict are typically remanded to a psychiatric facility or provided with psychiatric treatment while in prison.



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