The teenager in question was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia — one of the most difficult disorders to treat — and the Arizona authorities put him on trial anyway???!!! This is not about justice, people, it is about revenge; plain and simple.
The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with whether Arizona gave a fair trial to a schizophrenic teenager who killed a police officer nearly six years ago, in a case that could be a major test of state insanity laws.
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On SCOTUSblog a description is offered of the written arguements (got this from Standdown.org).
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/04/tomorrows_argum_37.html