Criminal
Jul. 13, 2002
'Mentally Disordered' Not Assumed 'Innocent'
LOS ANGELES - When a civil jury is cloistered, deciding whether a "mentally disordered offender" is safe to release or should be recommitted to a mental hospital, the jury doesn't have to think of that person as innocent until proved guilty - or, in other words, sane until proved mentally disordered, an appellate court said Thursday.
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