Incompetence rulings and insanity pleas are undermining the purpose of the criminal justice system and putting people in danger.

The killing of Iryna Zarutska, allegedly by career criminal DeCarlos Brown Jr., in North Carolina, is bringing this topic back to the forefront. The hearing to determine whether Brown is eligible to receive the death penalty is on the verge of being delayed further, as Brown was found “incapable to proceed” in December 2025, and he has since been taken into federal custody.

GUY BENSON: THE POLITICS OF ERASING IRYNA ZARUTSKA

This is not a particular scandal, as Brown would have presumably remained in some sort of custody in North Carolina until he was declared competent for the trial to........

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