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Claiborne's defense argued for not guilty by reason of insanity due to a history of mental illness, but the jury rejected this argument.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Pursuant to a judge’s order, Stith was found guilty of murder, then not guilty by reason of insanity, then sentenced last January, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
In 2017, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity after being charged with damaging a burial vault and tipping over grave markers at a Ptoskey cemetery.
—Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Pursuant to a judge’s order, Stith was found guilty of murder, then not guilty by reason of insanity, then sentenced last January, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
In 2017, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity after being charged with damaging a burial vault and tipping over grave markers at a Ptoskey cemetery.
—Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
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“By reason of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20reason%20of. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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