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Winick, B.J. (2009). Determining When Severe Mental Illness Should Disqualify a Defendant from Capital Punishment. In: Schopp, R.F., Wiener, R.L., Bornstein, B.H., Willborn, S.L. (eds) Mental Disorder and Criminal Law. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84845-7_2
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