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Boyle went on national media and also appeared in several documentaries about the Dahmer case, in which Boyle tried — unsuccessfully — to convince a jury his client was not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
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David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
The mother first pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity earlier this year.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2024
For her sons, who surely were in the best position to experience the particularity of her being, the last thing the diaries can be seen as is the justification of her abuse and neglect by reason of her life in mid-Fifties America being in some sense typical for women of her type.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Bullitt County Commonwealth's Attorney Bailey Taylor said Tuesday that Tiffanie Lucas is expected to change her plea as part of an open plea, after initially intending to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
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David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
The mother first pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity earlier this year.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2024
For her sons, who surely were in the best position to experience the particularity of her being, the last thing the diaries can be seen as is the justification of her abuse and neglect by reason of her life in mid-Fifties America being in some sense typical for women of her type.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Bullitt County Commonwealth's Attorney Bailey Taylor said Tuesday that Tiffanie Lucas is expected to change her plea as part of an open plea, after initially intending to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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