How Toppan Is Not Guilty For Insanity

Some Nurses in Bed Number Ten were supportive while other were portrayed negatively due to their egocentric behavior. These individuals just treated Sue as if she was a patent with a number that needed to be checked off on their daily rounds list. Not to mention, these nurses that were portrayed in a negative manner lacked the knowledge of unfamiliar diseases, they were not healthy critical thinkers. Secondly, they lacked simple skills such as communication doctors made simple mistakes such as duplicating labs and x-rays, lastly many of the hospital staff disobeying HIPPA regulations. Gennie and JoAnne were the two Samaritans who showed compassion to Sue they build a nurse and patient trust relationship. Ginnie is one of sues physical therapist who went above and beyond to recognize Sues needs surprisingly on her off days on she would attend to sus needs every Sunday.

The purpose of the insanity defense is to protect the defendants that are found to be mentally ill. Although insanity may be difficult to prove, it gives the opportunity for others to prove that they are not mentally competent to understand the severe degree of their actions. An accused that is not mentally stable, is not able to stand trial like every other criminal. They have to find a different approach during their trial. They cannot think rationally, and they are not in contact with reality so therefore, they have the chance to use the plea. The defense is idea to those who actually have a mental disorder or have a history of dealing with a mental disorder.

In 1981 Steven Steinberg was accused of murdering his wife Elena Steinberg by stabbing her twenty-six times in Scottsdale, Arizona (Guy, 2015). At the time of the murder, Steinberg was the one who called law enforcement to report an attempted break-in at his home, even though no signs of force entry were found at the scene. During that time, the case drew a lot of publicity in the state of Arizona; not only because it was a horrifying crime, but because it was a case that involved a murder while sleepwalking. When the police linked him to the murder of his wife, Steinberg did not deny killing his wife but argued that he was not responsible for her murder because he claimed that he did not remember what happened and that he was sleepwalking at the time he committed the crime. Despite inventing the story about an attempted break-in at his home, the jury found him not guilty on the basis of being temporarily insane at the time of the murder, and walked away as a free man (Guy, 2015).

The insanity defense was created to help protect people from the law, specifically those who due to serious mental illness could not be held accountable for their actions, regardless of how horrific they were. (Insanity, Religion, Terrorism 238) There should be no prejudice based on the mental deficiencies, incompetency, and mental illness of a person. Rather, the law should be malleable to be inclusive of everyone. The Constitution of United States represents the national framework of the government. The abolition of the insanity defense violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which is the Due Process Clause. Due Process Clause explicitly states no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”, due process meaning fair procedures. Within the Constitution also lies the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. To put a mentally ill or incompetent person on stand is a cruel and unusual punishment. Therefore although the public does not have a full comprehension of how the insanity defense works, in order to abide by the United States Constitution insanity defense MUST be available in a criminal matter.

The insanity defense has become popularized by criminal television shows, but it is not used as portrayed. According to Dr. Zachary Torry, a psychiatrist, the defense is actually used in one percent of cases and not even one-fourth of those cases will succeed in front of a jury (Torry). Furthermore, the legal definition of insanity is very different than the societal definition. As stated by George Blau, a criminal defense lawyer, “insane” does not describe someone who is psychotic or crazy, but it instead describes someone who does not know the difference between right or wrong. They are found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) because one of the three traits of a crime is not evident. The three traits are a guilty mind (mens rea), a prohibited act, and a pre-established sentence (Blau). For the insane, there is no mens rea because someone cannot feel guilty for an act that they do not know is wrong. Therefore, those found NGRI have a different punishment than those convicted of a crime. Their sentence is often time at a mental institution where treatment is available, but the sentences can be irregular and unchecked by government associations. Therefore, the insanity defense may need to be amended, by requiring monitoring of the cases and adopting the mens rea approach or to be completely abolished because of its potential improper use and a lack of proof.

However, when her career as a nurse started, it was not in the maternity ward. It started in general care, where she witnessed first-hand the disparity in care between male and female patients.

Aileen’s attorneys managed to obtain a plea agreement for her, where she would plead guilty to six charges of murder and receive six life sentences to be served consecutively. One states attorney held out stating that Aileen should receive the death penalty, and on January 14, 1992, Aileen’s trial began for the murder of her first victim, Richard Mallory. On January 27, after only two hours of deliberation, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of first degree murder. The judge sentenced Aileen to death on January 31, 1992. She did not stand trial again, instead pleading no contest to the rest of the murder charges and was sentenced to death on each one. The seventh victim was never found. (Hamilton (1993).

The source provides Mrs.Lacks background information to help lead the topic. Explains that she was a native of rural southern Virginia, and lived in, Maryland. She was admitted to the John Hopkins’s hospital due to abdominal pain and vaginal spotting. She soon died of cervical cancer in 1951. The source delves into the injustice that was done with

A Crime of Insanity is about a 26-year old psychology student names Ralph Tortorici. One day Ralph walked into his Greek History class at his State University of New York college campus in Albany, NY. When Ralph came to class, he had a hunting knife and a rifle hidden under his clothes. When he closed the door behind him, after entering his classroom, he told his class that he was taking them as hostages.

As evidenced by her accomplishments in founding programs to help others, her willingness to advocate for the patient, an awareness of the need of community care, the foresight to document patients and hospital conditions, and her desire to be educated at a higher level than most, there is little doubt she would have not only met expectations of nurses in regards to the legal and ethical standards set forth by state and federal guidelines. She perhaps would have been standing in front of legislature petitioning change to improve the standards of medical care

MILLERSBURG — Accused of being under the influence of amphetamines when she ran one deputy off the road and crashed into the cruiser of another responding office, a Shreve woman recently was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity.

     Eventually Vivian realizes that the chemotherapy treatments have failed. She turns to Posner for comfort but he's unable to help. Late one night, she talks to Susie her nurse, about her fears about death. They share a Popsicle in a precious moment of deep intimacy. Susie carefully raises the subject of the options available should Vivian's heart stop, suggesting she may want to have Dr. Kelekian note her preference on her chart. Vivian chooses to be DNR (Do Not Resuscitate). Later, as Vivian lies in a near coma, Susie tenderly rubs lotion on her hands. Small acts of kindness characterize her caring. Which just shows how caring and important nurses really are in our hospital environment. At the end of the movie

Former U.S president Ronald Reagan was shot by a man named John Hinckley in the year 1981. The president along with many of his entourage survived the shooting despite the heavy infliction of internal and external injuries. The Hinckley case is a classic example of the 'not guilty by reason of insanity' case (NGRI). The criminal justice system under which all men and women are tried holds a concept called mens rea, a Latin phrase that means "state of mind". According to this concept, Hinckley committed his crime oblivious of the wrongfulness of his action. A mentally challenged person, including one with mental retardation, who cannot distinguish between right and wrong is protected and exempted by the court

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

The interesting thing about Dr. Marie Heaton is that at one point in her career worked in the public health field. One night Marie decided to go out and take a drive to see the house where the mother of Jolene Jansen now resided alone in (Cassella, 2008, pg. 83). Jolene Jansen was the eight-year-old girl who had recently died on Marie’s operating table (Cassella, 2008). Her mother, Bobbie Jansen, resided in the same neighborhood as a clinic where Marie used to work (Cassella, 2008, pg. 83). Marie states in the book that, “my original plan had been to go to Africa and work with AIDS patients for a few years between internship and the three-year residency required for anesthesia”, but instead of traveling