The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Justice BREYER, with whom Justice GINSBURG and Justice SOTOMAYOR join, dissenting from denial of certiorari.
The law has long recognized that criminal punishment is not appropriate for those who, by reason of insanity, cannot tell right from wrong. See 4 W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 24-25 (1769); M'Naghten's Case, 10 Cl. & Fin. 200, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 (1843). The insanity defense...
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