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The Bobbitt case
Lorena Bobbitt's acquittal for cutting off her husband's penis causes Alistair Cooke to reflect on legal definitions of insanity in the state of Virginia.
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Fri 28 Jan 1994
21:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 28 Jan 1994 21:00BBC Radio 4
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