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Catalogue Number: 040605
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Criminal Justice & Law
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2002
Running Time: 60
Frontline: A Crime of Insanity
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Catalogue Number: 040605
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Criminal Justice & Law
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2002
Running Time: 60
In 1994, Ralph Tortorici, a 26-year-old New York psychology student, took a college class hostage. A paranoid schizophrenic convinced the government had planted tracking devices in his body, he was charged with assault, kidnapping, and attempted murder. His mental illness was apparent, but not how the courts should deal with him. FRONTLINE examines the controversial case in interviews with his family, defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge.