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The legal arguments would be based squarely on nathans mental health. >> they proceeded to file over a period of years his motion for post-conviction relief, alleging that the trial attorney was ineffective, and so, therefore, he didnt receive a fair trial. >> if granted post-conviction relief, nathans sentence could be converted to life in prison. and his appeals would bring up a critical question that have long surrounded the death penalty. how mentally ill does a convict need to be to avoid b...

Taunting him that he was next, and that day he had a manic break. he really just started ranting and raving and had to be hospitalized shortly thereafter. >> nathans ongoing psychiatric struggles brought about a major shift in his appeal strategy. now with a new team of lawyers, the legal arguments would be based squarely on nathans mental health. >> they proceeded to file over a period of years his motion for post-conviction relief, alleging that the trial attorney was ineffective, and so, ther...

And his appeals would bring up a critical question that have long surrounded the death penalty. how mentally ill does a convict need to be to avoid being executed? >> theres just no competent, credible doctors that will tell you that his evil conduct was the product of being in a manic state. that his conduct was somehow altered by being bipolar or suffering from any other mental illness. >> the idea that nathan could escape death due to mental illness enraged the victims families and the sole s...