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Senate advances narrow 'special mitigation' for extreme delusions in criminal cases
Summary
After a Committee of the Whole hearing with an Attorney General's Office attorney, the Utah Senate advanced Senate Bill 20, which would allow a one‑degree reduction in criminal charge where a defendant was so delusional they believed they were defending their life; the measure passed the Senate and moves to third reading.
Senate Bill 20 moved forward in the Utah State Senate on Jan. 22, 1999, after a Committee of the Whole hearing featuring Creighton Horton of the Utah Attorney General's Office. The Senate recorded a unanimous Senate vote to advance the bill to the third‑reading calendar.
Proponents cast SB20 as a narrowly drawn change to Utah's mental‑defense law. "First of all, we we require that it would only reduce the level of offense 1 degree from the offense the person was otherwise charged with and would be convicted of," Mr. Creighton…
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