"Nick was arrested Sunday after Rob and Michele were found dead inside their Brentwood, Calif., home. The Los Angeles county district attorney's office is reviewing evidence in the killings. Former Orange County homicide prosecutor Matt Murphy told Morning Edition the next step in the investigation is to determine whether Reiner, who is presumed innocent, has an "organic mental illness" or exhibited "bad behavior due to addiction.""
""The difference is, fundamentally, from a prosecutorial standpoint, when you've got somebody who's born with or develops an organic mental illness, a lot of times their behavior isn't their fault, and it interweaves with a potential insanity defense," Murphy said. In a conversation with NPR's A Martinez, Murphy explained why an insanity defense is "a much tougher bar to reach" for Reiner."
Nick Reiner, 32, is being held without bail on suspicion of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, after their bodies were found in their Brentwood home. The Los Angeles county district attorney's office is reviewing evidence in the killings. Investigators and prosecutors are examining whether Reiner exhibited an organic mental illness or whether his actions reflected addiction-related behavior. Reiner has publicly discussed substance abuse and recovery struggles in recent years. Former homicide prosecutor Matt Murphy noted that organic mental illness can interweave with an insanity defense, while an insanity defense remains a difficult legal threshold to meet.
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