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Insane: James Holmes, Clark V. Arizona, And America's Insanity Defense, Eric Collins
Insane: James Holmes, Clark V. Arizona, And America's Insanity Defense, Eric Collins
Journal of Law and Health
Insanity is a legal term of art that changes definitions depending on the legal standard in American jurisprudence, which explains why a man who mental health professionals described as having an uncontrollable obsession with killing people can be found not insane and guilty. This Note addresses the current state of the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 and its widespread implementation at the state level. Part II supplies background information on the history of the insanity defense and how it has transformed over the years in American jurisprudence. Part III provides an analysis of the of the insanity defense. Part …
Direct And Indirect Influences Of Defendant Mental Illness On Jury Decision Making, Marie Sabbagh
Direct And Indirect Influences Of Defendant Mental Illness On Jury Decision Making, Marie Sabbagh
The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal
It is a common misconception that individuals with schizophrenia are significantly more dangerous and violent than individuals free of mental illness. This stigmatization may lead to harsher sentences when people with schizophrenia are involved in criminal activities and sentenced by a jury. This study presented four conditions to which participants were randomly assigned, alone or in a group of three, and were asked to sentence a defendant, either with or without schizophrenia. It was hypothesized that group deliberations would result in more lenient sentences for defendants with schizophrenia as compared to individual deliberations. Furthermore, it was predicted that both group …