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Nick Reiner could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.
We now know that Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia ahead of the murders, and it seems likely that he’ll plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
However, experts say that it would be “very difficult” for Nick’s lawyers to convince a jury that his mental illness absolves him of responsibility for his parents’ deaths.
One prominent attorney says that it would be almost impossible for Reiner’s attorneys to secure a not guilty verdict by employing the insanity defense.
“To be found not guilty by reason of insanity, that is a very difficult legal hurdle to overcome in California,” Neama Rahmani of California’s West Coast Trial Lawyers tells People.
“You have to prove, between disease or defect, the defendant does not know the nature and consequences of his actions. Essentially, you have to show that the defendant doesn’t know right from wrong.”
There was a time when the defense was employed more frequently, but Rahmani says that modern jurors are unlikely to be swayed by it.
“It is very hard,” says Rahmani, to convince a jury that a defendant could not be held accountable for their violent actions.
“Jurors almost always reject this defense. It only works a very small percentage of the time.”
Rahmani says that part of the difficulty lies in the fact that the prosecution presents its case first, meaning that a defense attorney using the insanity defense has to begin by acknowledging that much of what the jury just heard was true.
“Then they gotta turn around and say, ‘Oh, you know what? He actually did it, but he was insane.’ So jurors don’t like it, and it’s rarely, if ever, effective,” Rahmani explains.
It’s unclear if the prosecution will pursue the death penalty against Reiner.
Many legal experts, including Nancy Grace, have described the situation as a “classic case” for the death penalty.
Others have pointed out that defense attorneys are likely to note that the alleged victims, Nick’s parents, would probably not want him put to death.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
Nick Reiner Insanity Plea Would Not Stop Prosecutors From Seeking Death Penalty, Experts … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Meri Brown has clearly found her voice.
On Sunday night’s brand new episode of Sister Wives, ex-husband Kody sat down across from his former spouse in order to relieve himself of guilt.
As he had done on recent installments of this TLC reality series with Janelle and Christine, the father of 18 felt a need to issue a mea culpa to Meri so that, presumably, he could move all the way on with a clear conscience.
But Meri called Kody out on his selfish bull$hit.
“I want you, more than anything, to just be able to move on,” Kody said in condescending fashion to Meri, who insisted that she has done exactly that.
“The way your friends talk about me, that doesn’t seem like it,” Kody countered. “But I wanted you to be able to do that.”
To her extreme credit, Meri told her ex to “stop right there” and to stop bringing up these alleged friends and what they supposedly said.
“I’m just here to apologize, Meri, not to argue with you,” Kody said.
The thing is, if you’re trying to apologize to someone who doesn’t need it and hasn’t asked for it… is it really an apology? Whose sake is it actually for?
“I’m going to tell you this, Kody. I’m going to tell you,” Meri pushed during their conversation. “You’re not going to shut me down anymore.”
In his confessional, Kody went on to acknowledge his regret about taking a dig at Meri’s friends when he was trying to mend the relationship.
“My first mistake was ever saying that she did anything wrong,” he told viewers. “I don’t need to win an argument and I don’t need validation here. And yet, I’m triggering. And I’m like, ‘Dude, just just stay on point. Just apologize again.’
“It’s hard to hate a person who said I’m sorry 100 times.”
Meri made it evident where she stood in a confessional of her own, however.
“At this point in the conversation, I thought, if this is how this is going to be, I’m not going to continue engaging in this,” she said. “If it gets any more than this, I’m out. I’m going to walk away.”
At the conclusion of last week’s episode, Meri — who has lost A LOT of weight — revealed to pals Jenn and Amber that she was going to be seeing Kody the following day.
When they raised red flags about Kody’s authenticity, Meri echoed the same sentiment.
She said that she lost her trust in him after numerous failed attempts to be civil and after he previously criticized both her and her friends.
“If you go on the attack on me or my best friend, then I will definitely go on the attack back,” Meri said, later explaining her strategy for the one-on-one meeting:
“I’m going to go into this conversation with Kody with very strong boundaries. His energy f-cks with my energy. It just does.”
Meri Brown Snaps at Kody, Owns Ex-Husband on Latest Sister Wives Episode was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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