A “person shall not be excused from criminal liability except upon proof that at the time of committing the alleged criminal act the person was laboring under such a defect of reason . . . as not to know the nature of the act, or that it was wrong.”
Why Defend the Guilty
The gist of my friend’s argument was that, using the aforementioned DWI case, if the driver blows a 0.08 or higher, she’s guilty. Why defend her. There is proof of her guilt, and she should suffer the consequences.