Prosecution of Defendants

Summary

The bill changes the insanity defense to focus on a lack of culpable mental state caused by mental disease or defect, places the burden of proof on the defendant, and requires mental‑competence experts to test for malingering. It also allows specialized mental‑health treatment to be part of a sentence but bars it from lowering the mandatory minimum. The changes aim to tighten mental‑health defenses while still permitting treatment considerations.

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