LATimes: No insanity defense for Odom

In most states, the man accused of shooting pastor Tim Remington six times in broad daylight might have a strong defense to offer at trial.

Kyle Odom, a 30-year-old Marine Corps veteran, has a history of mental illness and said he believed that Remington was part of an alien conspiracy to enslave the human race.

Though severely wounded, Remington survived the March shooting in a Coeur d’Alene church parking lot and said he had forgiven his assailant. Unfortunately for Odom, Idaho is one of four states — along with Kansas, Montana and Utah — that don’t allow defendants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity/ Rick Anderson , Los Angeles Times. More here.