Lawyers in Colorado shooting case challenge insanity defense law

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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case challenge insanity defense law

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lawyers-colorado-shooting-case-challenge-insanity-defense-law-005202919.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ELOMNQ3jvHGK2hejPHm3Yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-24T005202Z_1_CBRE94N02ET00_RTROPTP_2_USA-SHOOTING-DENVER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of the accused Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes at his arraignment in Centennial" align="left" title="File photo of the accused Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes at his arraignment in Centennial" border="0" /></a>By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes argued on Thursday the state's insanity defense law was unconstitutional because it forces him to cooperate with court-appointed psychiatrists or forfeit the right to raise mental-health issues at sentencing. Prosecutors countered during a hearing before Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. that without an independent examination, there would be no way to evaluate defense claims that Holmes was legally insane at the time of the crime. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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