PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rogers, Jamison E.
AU  - Myers, Wade C.
TI  - Commentary: The Insanity Defense and Youths in Juvenile Court
DP  - 2013 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 496--500
VI  - 41
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/41/4/496.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/41/4/496.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2013 Dec 01; 41
AB  - Juveniles, like adults, should be afforded the right to raise an insanity defense. In this commentary on the article by Morse and Bonnie on the abolition of the insanity defense, we explain why so few juveniles across the United States are granted access to the insanity defense and the reasons that they should have that option. We also consider whether the Delling case was the best suited vehicle to argue for extending constitutional protection to the insanity defense nationwide.