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Confinement of Insanity Acquitees Who Have Regained Sanity Struck Down
On May 18,1992, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down on due process grounds a Louisiana statute that permits insanity acquittees to be confined to a mental institution on dangerousness grounds until they prove that they are not dangerous. Once an insanity acquittee has recovered his sanity, the basis for holding ...
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