BARD - Competency, Insanity Pleas, and the Cost of Justice with Teny Geragos
Reasonable Doubt
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🗓️ 21 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Mark and Gary are joined by guest host Teny Geragos for a deep dive into one of the most complex and misunderstood areas of criminal law. Using the Nick Reiner case as a lens, the panel unpacks why arraignments are delayed, how competency evaluations and insanity pleas actually work, and what lawyers must consider when mental illness is front and center. The conversation also explores who pays for elite defense counsel in family tragedies, the real-world impact of media narratives, and recent developments in high-profile cases involving Sean “Diddy” Combs and Luigi Mangione.
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| 0:48.6 | This is beyond a reasonable doubt with your hosts Mark Geregous and Gary Smith. |
| 0:57.1 | Well, I couldn't be happier to have Tenney Garrigus hard-charging New York criminal defense lawyer, |
| 1:02.2 | the only one, in case you haven't noticed, she's the only one not wearing a reasonable doubt. |
| 1:08.4 | I noticed that immediately. I'm not matching. Yes, exactly. Next time you come on, you're going to have to. |
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| 1:19.2 | But Gary is going to put up a video that I want to talk to you about, Teddy. |
| 1:20.3 | That's why I've got you here. |
| 1:25.8 | This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Riner family. |
| 1:30.3 | We all recognize that our hearts go out to the entire Reiner family. There are very, very complex and serious issues that are associated with this case. |
| 1:38.3 | They just need to be thoroughly, but very carefully, dealt with and examined and looked at and analyzed. |
| 1:48.5 | We ask that during this process, you allow the system to move forward in the way that it was |
| 1:54.5 | designed to move forward, not with a rush to judgment, not with jumping to conclusions, but with |
| 1:59.6 | restraint and with dignity and with the |
| 2:02.8 | respect that this system and this process deserves and that the family deserves. |
| 2:09.0 | So with that, we are set for January 7th for an arraignment. |
| 2:13.7 | That's the next court date. |
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