Anna L. Tang was deemed not criminally responsible for the attempted murder of Wolfe B. Styke.
Judge Bruce R. Henry ruled Wednesday that the prosecution had failed to prove that Tang had a substantial capacity to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law.
Tang, who has struggled with mental illness since childhood, stabbed Wolfe B. Styke ’11 in the early morning hours of October 23, 2007 in Styke’s Next House dormitory room. Tang was a Wellesley College junior at the time.
The verdict came on the 7th day of trial — a long and slow trial with a “mountain of evidence — 48–49 exhibits,” noted defense attorney Robert A. George.
There was never any question of whether Tang stabbed Styke. The question was whether her mental illness — bipolar disorder with psychotic features — prevented her from stopping herself.
“I’m glad,” said Tang’s mother after the trial. “I’m happy that it is over.”
But it is not over for Tang.
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