Andrew Goldstein was convicted this week for pushing Kendra Webdale, a woman he never met, into the New York City subway tracks and killing her. His lawyers coaxed him off his medication to show the jury how mentally ill he was, but that wasn't enough for an insanity verdict. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that this case highlights the difficulties the criminal justice system has in dealing with mental illness.
Copyright 2000 NPR