Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1993-1996) - The Bobbitt case

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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.

Published on Friday, 28th January 1994.

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