招魂3

因为这个"Based on True Story"的噱头，本来看完电影兴致勃勃去查这个故事，结果好失望啊，法官并没有相信这个恶魔附身的辩护理由，最后判了过失杀人是以正当防卫为名，怪不得没有任何描绘法庭戏的演绎。

附上维基百科以及1981年的纽约时报

Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson

The trial took place in Connecticut's Superior Court in Danbury, beginning on October 28, 1981.[1][8] Minnella attempted to submit a plea of not guilty by virtue of possession, but the presiding judge, Robert Callahan, promptly rejected this defense. Callahan argued that no such defense could ever exist in a court of law due to lack of evidence and that it would be "irrelative and unscientific" to allow related testimony. The defense chose to imply that Johnson acted in self-defense.[1][3][9] Because of this, the jury was not legally allowed to consider demonic possession as a viable explanation for the murder.[10] The jury deliberated for 15 hours over three days before convicting Johnson on November 24, 1981 of first-degree manslaughter. He was sentenced to 10–20 years in prison, though he served only five.

THE REGION; Man Is Convicted In Friend's Death

Nov. 25, 1981

A jury convicted Arne Cheyenne Johnson of first-degree manslaughter here yesterday in the fatal stabbing of a friend.

Mr. Johnson, who is 19 years old, was found guilty shortly before 5 P.M., having deliberated about 15 hours over three days starting last Friday. The judge in the case, Robert Callahan, rejected attempts by Mr. Johnson's lawyer to present evidence that he said would show his client had been possessed by a ''demon.''

Mr. Johnson was accused of fatally stabbing his landlord and friend, Alan Bono, 40, last Feb. 16 in suburban Brookfield. The case attracted wide publicity when Mr. Johnson's attorney, Martin Minnella, tried to blame the Devil for the slaying, saying Mr. Johnson had been possessed.