Frontline. Crime of Insanity
Description
In 1994 a paranoid schizophrenic man, Ralph Tortorici, took a class of college students hostage, threatening and wounding one of them. Using excerpts from the actual trial, as well as interviews with Tortorici's father and brother, the defense attorney, chief assistant district attorney, the prosecutor, psychiatric experts, and the presiding judge, this documentary examines the ethical dilemmas surrounding the insanity defense.
Runtime
55 min
Series
Subjects
- Trials (Assault and battery) (1)
- Trials (Attempted murder) (3)
- Trials (Kidnapping) (1)
- Insanity (Law) (10)
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2006
Database
Alexander Street
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