Opinion ID: 1248023
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Cameron

Text: Medical experts testified that Cameron suffered from paranoid schizophrenia both at the time of the killing and at the time of the trial. Cameron related his feelings about the incident, I felt confused ... I felt no different from the beginning than the end there was no difference.... legally I know, that it is against the law, but as far as right and wrong in the eye of God, I would say I felt no particular wrong. Cameron believed that God commanded him to kill his stepmother and that he was, therefore, obligated to kill the evil spirit. All doctors agreed that Cameron was legally insane at the time of the murder. Concerning the legal tests for insanity, the mental health experts opined that while Cameron understood it was against the law to kill, he believed he was responding to God's directive and thus had an obligation to rid the world of this demon, sorceress or evil spirit.