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Mother Accused of Killing Kids Faces Insanity Defense | Raleigh News
A Durham mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old and attempting to kill her 23-month-old is preparing a shocking defense: she claims insanity and diminished capacity. Court docs reveal her legal team aims to prove she couldn’t distinguish right from wrong at the time — a claim that, if successful, could send her to a state mental facility with little chance of release. Though found competent to stand trial after treatment at Central Regional Hospital, prosecutors are pushing for more evaluations, citing a forensic report that says she was “laboring under a defect of reason.” Her case…
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