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BONUS: Chris Hayes interviews Andrew Weissmann & Mary McCord

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Claiming Delusion as a Defense Strategy

In this chapter, they discuss the defense strategy of claiming that the person in question is not a criminal but rather delusional. They mention a specific example where the defense argued that their client believed in a far-fetched conspiracy involving Chinese government, Italian satellites, and the ghost of Hugo Chon. They also talk about how such arguments are typically dismissed by prosecutors and considered as jury arguments instead.

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