Judge rules accused killer Jonathan Zarate can use insanity defense:
Superior Court Judge Salem Ahto ruled today that Jonathan Zarate’s attorney can, in fact, use the diminished capacity defense in his trial for the murder of Jennifer Parks.
I was angry about this when I first read the headline but as I read the article and the ensuing comments I began to calm down and realized what this really means.
If Zarate was convicted without the diminished capacity defense it would have been left way open for appeal.
It also means that the prosecution can present the evidence that in their opinion that Zarate was faking his ‘mental illness’.
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