Judge William Sullivan instructed the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial to apply Massachusetts’s criminal-responsibility standard (often called the McHoul test). https://t.co/36PlaBHGJG
A defendant is not criminally responsible if, because of a mental disease or defect, she lacked substantial capacity either:
• to appreciate the criminality or wrongfulness of her conduct, or
• to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law. https://t.co/4pHuXBQIgm
The prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy was criminally responsible. It could meet that burden in either of two ways: by proving she did not have a mental disease or defect at the time of the killings, or by proving that even if she did, she still retained substantial capacity on both prongs above. Clancy herself had no burden to prove insanity. https://t.co/fErGmuQopj
“Mental disease or defect” is a legal term, not a medical diagnosis. The judge also defined proof beyond a reasonable doubt as “an abiding conviction to a moral certainty.” During deliberations he later reminded the jury they had to follow those instructions whether they liked them or not. https://t.co/ZLZYNExUXE
General Mills did the opposite of Kraft and it blew up in their face. In 2016 they took the artificial dyes out of Trix and announced it. Turmeric, radish, purple carrot and strawberry instead of Red 40 and Yellow 6. The blue and green pieces disappeared completely because they couldn't find a natural blue or green that would hold up on a cereal line. The colors went from neon to kind of dusty and people hated it and said so for two years.
In October 2017 they brought Classic Trix back with the dyes and kept the natural version on the shelf next to it. Their spokesman said fans missed the bright colors and the nostalgic taste. Kraft made the same swap the same year, said nothing, and nobody noticed. General Mills announced it and got punished.