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not guilty by reason of insanity
Coverage of not guilty by reason of insanity in the Nexus archive.
- Kentucky child killer walks free as family says justice failed despite years of legal fights
A Kentucky man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2015 stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy was released from prison after completing his sentence for assaulting the child's surviving family members. The victim's father criticized the release as a failure of justice, while officials stated the man's release followed legally mandated sentence credits.