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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
You can just see it coming....this (insert suitable profanity here) is going to plead some sort of insanity.
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How that works in England, Jim? Are we going to see both sides marching in their doctors of choice or is there somesort of an independent assesment body?
Here in Finland the court would (on request of defence or prosecution) order the suspect into forensic psychiatric evaluation. These are carried out by Niuvanniemi hospital, a state mental hospital nearby Kuopio, Finland. If found to have been 'without understanding' at the time of the crime and also found to be danger to the public, this same institution would likely be their home for rest of their lives.