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Sanity, Retroactive Reasoning in California Killings
In Oakland a jury found Darlin June Cromer sane in the racial killing of 5 year old Reginald Williams, amid testimony by psychiatrists on psychosis. The piece contrasts Cromer Chase and White cases, noting debates over insanity pleas and political sentiments about whether terrible crimes trigger juries to deem defendants sane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Einstein
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Oakland
Darlin June Cromer
Reginald Williams
Richard Chase
Dan White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Ms. Cramer
White
Donald Lunde
Stanford Law School
Cromer
Lunde
Cromér
Chase
Alameda County
Albert Melling
The
Mystic Knights of Psychiatry
Ronald Tochterman
Thomas Szasz
Syracuse
N.Y