Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates March 2020 No. 3 Vol. 23
James Kraig Kahler, Petitioner

The Insanity Defense

The Role of Mental Health in Criminal Trials

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James Kraig Kahler, Petitioner

Sarah O’Rourke Schrup, Counsel of Record

On November 28, 2009, James Kraig Kahler killed his estranged wife, her grandmother and his two daughters with a rifle. The following day, he was arrested and charged with murder. During the trial, Kahler’s lawyer argued that he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and had undergone a mental break following his marital separation and subsequent job loss. Because of this, he said, Kahler was not culpable …

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