On November 24, 1981, in Brookfield, Connecticut, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the killing of his landlord, Alan Bono. is the first known court case in the United States in which the defense sought to prove innocence based upon the claim of demonic possession and denial of personal responsibility for the crime.

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson

https://archives.law.virginia.edu/dengrove/writeup/arne-cheyenne-johnson

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/23/nyregion/defendant-in-a-murder-puts-the-devil-on-trial.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV8rhIXvUMQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Arne_Cheyenne_Johnson

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