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...

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

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...

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...

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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...

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...

song by Oceanic "Insanity", a 1994 song by Oingo Boingo from the album Boingo Insanity defense, a legal defense in a criminal case Insanity (ride), an amusement...