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Maxwell Thomas Logan, 26, originally pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for the Aug. 9, 2023, slaying of Andrew Holland.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Individuals already resident here in the United States radicalized to violence by reason of a foreign terrorist ideology, anti-government sentiment, ideologies of hate, personal grievance.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Following the verdict, Zielinski was referred to the state’s Psychiatric Security Review Board, which is tasked with determining treatment and confinement conditions for defendants who are acquitted by reason of insanity.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2024
The sketches were seen on TV during Hinckley’s trial, which ended with him being sent to Washington’s St. Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospital after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Individuals already resident here in the United States radicalized to violence by reason of a foreign terrorist ideology, anti-government sentiment, ideologies of hate, personal grievance.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Following the verdict, Zielinski was referred to the state’s Psychiatric Security Review Board, which is tasked with determining treatment and confinement conditions for defendants who are acquitted by reason of insanity.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2024
The sketches were seen on TV during Hinckley’s trial, which ended with him being sent to Washington’s St. Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospital after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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