Criminal Is Not Insane

During Mr. Coker’s trial on his new charges, his defense argued that their client was temporarily insane at the time the crimes were committed. However, the jury rejected this defense and found Mr. Coker guilty on all charges. At the sentencing hearing, the Judge instructed the jury that

prove him innocent. His defense is simple and artless because it is the truth, within which

The narrator butchered the man. That is an indisputable fact. The question is, is he sane? The narrator stalked an innocent man for 8 nights, then brutally murdered and grotesquely dismembered him. He then proceeds to put the body parts under the floor boards. The narrator talks about his surprisingly logical thought process, the careful and perfect execution of his plan, and his terrible guilt as he could hear the dead man’s heart beat. The defense will tell you that this man is an innocent, sedentary man, and that everything he did was the fault of his mental illness, but do not listen to them. This man is deleterious, and it is imperative that he is locked away. The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” was sane because he could distinguish fantasy from reality, he could feel guilt, and he was thinking logically. This evidence will prove that the narrator is sane.

This proves that this poor man is innocent because he is showing major signs of insanity such as hallucinations and hearing nonexistent voices.

In 1999, a home invasion occurs where two burglars break in and kill Clyde Shelton’s wife and daughter. A terrifying incident that happened simply by Shelton opening the door without checking for who was entering. He and his wife were tied down while being stabbed, and their daughter was taken away (we assume she is killed as well). Shelton seeks justice from prosecutor Nick Rice, but Rice is unable to find any evidence against the two robbers. Rice is a high ranked prosecutor with a high conviction rate. He wishes to keep his stats high by making a deal with one of the robbers, Clarence Darby, to a lesser charge if he testifies against his partner in crime, Rupert Ames. Shelton gains knowledge of this deal for Rice’s career and feels as

I do not believe that all individuals accused of a crime should be able to use an insanity defense because it would morally unjust. Some people who commit a crime do know what is happening and that is was wrong at the time of the cime. If the defense chooses to belive the criminal is insane then they should be given the substantial- capacity test to ensure that they did

Holden Caulfield is an insane person in a sane world. What is insanity? Insanity is when you’re in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior or social interaction. This state is mental illness. Insanity is when you do things in deranged or outrageous ways that could frighten people, or make people feel uncomfortable when around you. It’s when you do things out of the ordinary; yet feel as if they are ordinary. Insanity could come about when you’re depressed, or after a traumatic event, and sometimes even by keeping all your feelings bottled up inside of yourself. Sane people are sensible, reliable, well-adjusted and practice sound judgment. It’s behavior that is expected in a society. By these

“Your Honors, gentlemen of the jury: It would be easy for me to-day to play insanity, because the circumstances are such as to excite any man, and under the natural excitement of what is taking place to-day (I cannot speak English very well, but am trying to do so, because most of those here speak English), under the excitement which my trial causes me would justify me

According to the textbook, “Guilty but Mentally Ill (GBMI)” verdict does not guarantee the effective treatment of the offenders while they are in prison.

rial,73 the Unabomber case,74 and the John Hinckley Jr. trial. These cases renewed the insanity defense debate, 76 regardless of whether the defendant was actually mentally ill 77 or whether the insanity plea was ultimately successful. 78 The widespread public belief that defendants frequently use the insanity defense to avoid punishment79 is largely attributable to high profile cases and the attention the media gives them. The public also believes that the availability of the insanity defense will result in the opportunity for those faking mental illness to avoid punishment.80

Janet Portman, an attorney, claims that 1% of defendant's offer an insanity defense in less than 1% of all felony cases, and are successful only about one-quarter of the time. Although, I can guarantee this man is crazy. In ‘Tell Tale Heart”, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, one is telling us how he killed another old man. The old man had cardiacs in one eye, the man who is describing him is telling us that the old man’s eye was as a vulture’s eye, and how it would run his blood cold whenever it fell upon him. The narrator decided to kill him, and once he had and hid the body the police came and he was cool for a while then he started to get uncomfortable then told the police he did it, he killed the man. While some may claim that the

In criminal cases where an insanity defense is used, the defense must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not responsible for his or her actions during a mental health breakdown. There are two forms of an insanity defense, cognitive and volitional. In order for an individual to meet the requirements for cognitive insanity it must be proven that the defendant had to be so impaired by a mental disease at the time of the act that they did not know the nature of what they were doing. If they are fully aware of their actions, one must prove that they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong. Volitional insanity, also known as irresistible impulse, states that the defendant is able to differentiate between right or wrong at the time, but suffered from a mental disease that made them unable to control themselves. Volitional insanity is common in crimes of vengeance, where very few states allow the use of this defense. The insanity defense should not be confused with incompetency. In incompetency cases, the individual is not able to understand the nature and consequences of the case, nor adequately able to help an attorney with his or her defense. The insanity defense reflects the approach that an individual who can’t acknowledge the consequences of their actions should not be punished for the crime. In most jurisdictions a professional is bought in to determine if the defendant was not able to differentiate between right or wrong at the time of the

Edmunds defense attorney attempted a plea of insanity during the trial claiming that he was not responsible for the crimes committed, however, prosecutor Dr. Joel Fort, undermined the public attorney’s attempt for a plea of insanity, stating that Edmund was not a paranoid schizophrenic, but obtained an extreme obsession with sex, violence and the craving for attention.

Münsterberg was one of numerous physicians and psychologists asked to give their opinions on Ivens’ guilt or innocence. He was on trial for the murder of a young woman, a crime to which he had confessed but later retracted his confession. Münsterberg believed Ivens had given a false confession, as the confession had been obtained under duress. His involvement in Ivens’ case incited his belief that the public failed to understand the practicality of psychology’s methods in the law. He continued performing experiments regarding psychology and the law, and he published his first applied psychology book, On the Witness Stand, in 1908. He wrote about and studied memory accuracy, eyewitness testimony, and jury selection (Benjamin 2007). Although the field of forensic psychology has not seen tangible growth until very recently, it was Münsterberg’s ardent belief that psychology had a necessary place in the law that founded the principals of forensic psychology (Harrington 1997). Currently, forensic psychology has various applications in the judicial system, including giving competency evaluations, sentencing recommendations, and jury selection recommendations, among many other uses. Each of these applications stems from the work, research, and teachings of

“Are you insane?” is a term I used to use a lot when driving on the highways, byways and interstates. It is highly likely that most all of us have used this term in some fashion or another. What is interesting about this term is that it is not a mental disorder, it is a legal term that is used in the court system to describe a defendant in a trail. The Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition says, “Insane is a medically obsolete term for mental derangement or a disorder. Insanity is now a purely legal term, denoting a condition due to which a person lacks criminal responsibility for a crime and therefore cannot be convicted of it. adj., insane´.” Having pointed that out, perhaps, I am OK screaming out, “Are you insane you freaking idiot?” next time someone cuts me off on the interstate. There are real psychological disorders that exist in the world today and shouldn’t be taken lightly or even used lightly. The people who have these disorders suffer and often people treated them horribly. There are even people that have undiagnosed disorders. This can be very detrimental not only for the particular person, but for society.