WGBH How a defendant’s mental health can affect a trial WGBH legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed tells Morning Edition that there’s a lot of public confusion about how a defendant’s mental state can affect the way they’re treated by the courts. For one, Medwed said, Sanders has to be determined to be mentally competent in order to stand trial or accept a […]
WGBH How a defendant’s mental health can affect a trial WGBH legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed tells Morning Edition that there’s a lot of public confusion about how a defendant’s mental state can affect the way they’re treated by the courts.