The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is...

contemporary usage, the term insanity is an informal, un-scientific term denoting "mental instability"; thus, the term insanity defense is the legal definition...

verdict led state legislatures and Congress to narrow their respective insanity defenses. In 2016, a federal judge ruled that Hinckley could be released from...

The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 (IDRA) was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 12, 1984, amending the United States federal laws...

the United States Constitution do not require that states adopt the insanity defense in criminal cases that are based on the defendant's ability to recognize...

born in Amsterdam, New York, in a very religious household. During later insanity claims, Smith stated that when he was 11 years old, he nearly smothered...

defendant to give proof or advance notice to raise the insanity defense. The five tests for insanity are: M'Naghten test shows that the defendant (1) did...

successful insanity defense will result in acquittal although a number of jurisdictions have adopted the guilty but insane verdict. The defense of insanity and...

examples of affirmative defenses are self defense, insanity, entrapment and the statute of limitations. In an affirmative defense, the defendant may concede...

jurisdictions "settled insanity" can be used as a basis for an insanity defense, even though voluntary intoxication cannot, if the "settled insanity" negates one...

a version of the insanity defense and considered a descendant of the Taxi Driver defense of John Hinckley, one of the first defenses based on blurring...

inspired many less-known robbers. Under the M'Naghten rules for the insanity defense, the defendant must be not only mentally ill ("suffering from a mental...

services. This is a balancing of political and commercial interests. Insanity defense, mental disorder defences and the M'Naghten Rules If individuals are...

Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the insanity defense used by Arizona. The Court affirmed the murder conviction of a man...

Hawaii. Following the murder, Chapman's legal team intended to mount an insanity defense based on the testimony of mental health experts who said that he was...

mentioned "the Twinkie insanity defense" in passing. News stories published after the trial, however, frequently reported the defense arguments inaccurately...

An insanity defense might be used to present evidence about a person's troubled childhood, for instance, or a defendant might claim self-defense or duress...

reinstated in the future—if not barred by some statute of limitations. The "insanity defense" allows a defendant to be acquitted by reason of mental illness. In...

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to refuse mental treatment. Szasz advocated for the removal of the insanity defense. Just as legal systems work on the presumption that a person is innocent...

defense) and insanity based defenses (including temporary insanity, irresistible impulse, and diminished responsibility). The gay panic defense is not a stand-alone...

contemporaries may well have been reminded of the controversy over the insanity defense in the 1840s. The confession can be due to a concept called "Illusion...

Killer's Insanity Plea". Los Angeles Times. June 27, 2003. California Penal Code § 25.5 (1994) excludes substance abuse as a basis for an insanity defense, even...

mental diseases or defects. The laws were completely revamped by the Insanity Defense Reform Act in the wake of the John Hinckley Jr. verdict. A defendant...

Thomas pulled one of his eyes out of its socket. A jury rejected his insanity defense and sentenced him to death on a capital murder conviction. In 2008...

pleaded not guilty to murdering Countie and Deloge on the grounds of insanity. Her defense attorney described her as a "deeply, deeply sick individual". At...

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detailing Dahmer's crimes against black people. Scarver had pleaded an insanity defense at his own 1992 trial. When asked by a psychiatrist whether Scarver...

and never developed a separate identity. The jury rejected Gacy's insanity defense and found him guilty. After his execution, Gacy's brain was removed...

commit suicide. Calloway's legal representation attempted to invoke an insanity defense. Still, he was found guilty of multiple charges, including attempted...