mental disease
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In this case, mental disease or defect - as the law describes it - could be a mitigating factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
She concluded that Rothman was suffering from “a mental disease or defect” but not one that compromised his cognition enough to render him legally incompetent.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
An exam by a forensic psychiatrist found Harris “presently suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him incompetent to proceed,” the judge wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
Brooks pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease this year but withdrew the plea before his trial began with no explanation.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
That link has recently been supplied by investigators at the University of Melbourne and Prince Henry’s Hospital in Melbourne, who reported on 16 cases of mental disease.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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