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Insanity Defense in Carpio Case
by Bob Seay
WRNI (June 23, 2006)

Closing arguments are scheduled  in the trial of the alleged killer of a Providence police detective.

The trial of Esteban Carpio has focused public attention on serious mental illness. That's because defense attorneys are employing an insanity defense, a rarely used defense in criminal trials.

Mental health practitioners warn the trial gives a misleading impression of mental illness. David Lauterbach, president of Kent center Warwick , told Bob Seay that  he worries the case could add to the stigma of the  illness.

Click the listen link to hear their conversation.


 

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