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Summaries of famous and significant insanity-defense cases, from the trial of the house painter who shot U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1835, to the case of Andrew Goldstein, a diagnosed schizophrenic who killed a woman just weeks after he was released from a psychiatric ward.
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What is an insanity defense?; It typically refers to a plea that defendants are not guilty because they lacked the mental capacity to realize that they committed a wrong or appreciate why it was wrong. ... Do people acquitted under an insanity defense walk free?; Rarely. In almost all cases, a verdict of not guilty by...
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/aron/qa227...
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An insanity plea is a poor excuse for serious lawbreaking, and should have no bearing on punishment. In a majority of criminal cases, especially murder trials, an insanity plea is merely a defense strategy aimed at delivering guilty defendants from the death penalty or serving time in prison.
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www.speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1229b-1.html
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Text of Jewett's "The Plea of Insanity" ... A drifting ship must come to harm, and, as old Thomas Fuller says: "The house of correction is the fittest place for those who are lame through their own laziness." The sooner most cases of sham insanity are a disgrace instead of an excuse, the better.
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www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/una/plea.htm
www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/una/plea.htm
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Lawyers for an Athens man accused of killing a 21-month-old child will use the issues of insanity and mental retardation in his defense, according to court papers filed Friday. Jamel Humphrey, 22, is scheduled to go on trial Aug. 17 in Clarke County Superior Court.
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www.onlineathens.com/1998/060698/0606.a1insane.html
www.onlineathens.com/1998/060698/0606.a1insane.html
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EVOLUTION OF THE INSANITY PLEA ... The American Psychiatric Association (APA) issued a statement after the trial acknowledging public skepticism of "the nature and the quality of psychiatric testimony in insanity trials." The APA also stated that it would not oppose laws restricting the use of such testimony in insanity cases.
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www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinc...
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleyinsanity.htm
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www.scribd.com/doc/7262366/The-Plea-of-Insanity-in-Criminal-Cases
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Insanity is not a "cop-out," rather, it is an affirmation of the time-honored principle, cited by the Supreme Court in its 1986 ban on executing the mentally ill, that one must be fully competent to assume responsibility for one's actions.
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www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2004/12/12-07-04tdc/12-07...
www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2004/12/12-07-04tdc/12-07-04dops-letter-02.asp
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A woman accused of killing her three young sons by tossing them into the San Francisco Bay has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and believes her children are growing up in heaven, according to evaluations. ... Insanity plea in case of boys tossed into S.F. Bay...
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