Hamlet Sane, Can Be Tried for Murder

Hamlet was sane when he stabbed Polonius according to a court in California . Justice Anthony M. Kennedy presided. While the court was unable to reach a unanimous decision, ten out twelve jurors “believed Hamlet to be sane, thus able to be held criminally culpable.”

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