Top Women Lawyers
May 12, 2011
Teresa Caffese
Law Offices of Teresa Caffese Location: San Francisco Practice type: Litigation Practice specialty: Criminal defense
Time was when many people dismissed a mental-health defense as a lame excuse for committing a crime, attributing the defendant's behavior as being motivated by greed, malice or just plain evil.
But Caffese said that she believes that sentiment is changing.
"I think the general public has become much more understanding and sophisticated in understanding that mental illness is an illness not unlike Parkinson's or diabetes, not necessari...
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