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Scotus: Mental Competancy

The Supreme Court handed down a ruling today that will make it easier for defendants to prove they are mentally unfit to stand trial in criminal cases. The decision came in the case of a convicted murder in Oklahoma. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

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