An infamous criminal case that was prolonged 400 years before a jury resulted in no concrete answer to whether or not Prince Hamlet of Denmark - the defendant in the case - was sane when he committed the act of murder.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court presided over a mock trial at the University of Southern California.
The mock trial gave a Los Angeles attorneys the opportunity to argue for and against the dispute that Hamlet was coping with a mental disease when he stabbed Polonius, the king's adviser in the classic Shakespeare play.
"This mock trial is quite fascinating," said one Mobile criminal defense lawyer who is following the case. "It is interesting to see a historical case be played out in a present day judicial system."
After about a half hour of deliberations, ten of the twelve jurors found him sane, while two others found him insane.
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