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Freeman
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-Auburn NY, 1846
-William Freeman, spent two years in prison -Blamed John van Nest, killed his family -use of M'Naughten rule -Phrenology:deemed incompetent -found guilty, died in prison, found to be sick -insane person getting convicted |
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Sickles
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-DC 1859
-Barton Key sleeps with Sickles' wife -Dan Sickles hears about affair, sees Key calling on his wife -begins fight, fires once, attempts to run, shot down -leniency towards wronged man (Dan) -law justifies walking in on affair irresistible impulse -sane man deemed insane and set free, gives courts way around McNaughton rule |
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Guiteau
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-James Guiteau murders President Garfield
-McNaughton Rule, insanity is hereditary -Moral insanity: knew right from wrong, crazy before act -insane person convicted -found to have syphilis -knew was wrong, God commanded him -insane found guilty |
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Leopold and Loeb
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-1924 Chicago
-exception that proves the rule -kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks -wanted to perform "perfect crime" -Darrow plead guilty to avoid death penalty -sought to prove abnormality in sentencing hearing -judge was given wide range to sentence the pair, sentenced to life + 99, rare case -insane found guilty |
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"A Crime of Insanity" (Tortorici)
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-1994, Albany Campus
-held LC 5 hostage -lost grasp of reality, deemed competent to stand trial, question of insanity, difference between judge and grapefruit -never said but McNaughton rule used -persecution proved he was sane at time (knew cops would show etc.) -found guilty, sent to prison -in and out of psyche care until suicide -insane person found guilty |
