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NJ Asks If Experts Are Needed For Mental Defenses

By Elizabeth Daley ( October 20, 2025, 10:02 PM EDT) -- New Jersey's Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments on whether expert testimony is needed to advance insanity or diminished capacity defenses in two murder cases, with defense attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union arguing state lawmakers intended juries, with or without doctors, to evaluate evidence regarding state of mind....

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