Episode 1 | James Kraig Kahler

Mar 10

Welcome to Crimes Against Mentality, a mental health podcast discussing the myriad ways mental health has been mistreated, mishandled, and misunderstood. This week we discuss James Kraig Kahler, a convicted criminal who pled insanity in a state lacking a proper insanity defense.

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kahler-james-kraig.htm

https://www.mirror.co.uk/features/kahler-case-lesbian-affair-leads-1771867

http://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/02/24/JAAPL.200105-20

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/kahler-loses-in-supreme-court-effort/article_0a4baff2-6dfe-11ea-87f0-73334f02da58.html

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/02/09/kansas-supreme-court-upholds-james-kahlers-murder-conviction-death-sentence/15215393007/

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=mlr_online

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-6135/101638/20190531155831551_18-6135JointAppendix.pdf