Civil defense

Don’t Mention His Madness -Mr.Smith was insane Ladies and gentleman of the jury we are gathered here today to discuss the murder of Mr. Jones. The prosecution states that Mr. Smith is completely and utterly sane. As the defense, we believe that the our defendant, Mr. Smith, is insane. The legal definition of insanity is, “could not distinguish fantasy from reality, could not tell right from wrong, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior”. The definition says “or” indicating that the…

more specific and detailed laws is due to American society. The insanity defense is a specific law which has gotten harder to prove. It is a defense used in the court of law to plea not guilty due to a mental state that does not allow the accuser to know what (s)he has done. American society's view of this law is causing it to be on the verge of being abolished. American society affects the creation of the insanity defense, the view of why the plea should be abolished, and the view of why the…

Insanity Defense Insanity is a bigger problem than we may all think. Haven’t you seen on TV all the killings happening in not just the US, but the entire world? Just imagine if everyone were insane. We’d go extinct in the blink of an eye. We need to let yearly checkups examine if someone is sane or not. This would stop many of the problems in this world. With so many genocides and killings, it’s surprising that we haven’t thought about it as much as anything else. We should put more time and…

Permanently Closed is a documentary that investigates the mysteries surrounding the institution Letchworth Village. This now abandoned lot, has had a lot of attention in the past years. Most recently, it was featured on the Travel Channel’s Ghost Hunters, and episode of the TV series Elementary, and was one of the main inspirations for the concept of season 2 of American Horror Story titled Asylum. Most famously, Letchworth was featured in Geraldo Rivera’s expose “The Last Disgrace” which aired…

A soldier who goes into war will never come out being the same man. The psychological stress of war makes every soldier lose their mind, in both clinical and/or abstract terms. The clinical definition of insanity is “a severely disordered state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder” (Merriam-Webster). The abstract definition is “to deal with heightened stress in un-methodistic ways”. In The Things They Carried, by writer and Vietnam war veteran, Tim O’Brien, every character deals…

the insanity defense is just a clever way to get around the law, this writer would view this situation as the perfect opportunity to educate this friend and inform him or her about the details of this controversial issue. In regards to how the legal system of the United States handles crimes committed by individuals who suffer from mental illness, specifically schizophrenia as in the assumed case of Mr. Quincy, it is crucial to consider the important reason why the insanity defense exists, to…

Voting is an essential part of a democratic society where persons who are able should be allowed and provided the opportunity to vote (Developments in the Law, 2008). The opportunity to vote should be afforded to all persons, including those who have a serious mental illness. Lawn et al. (2014) states the being able to vote is a core part of being a citizen and could play a role in helping persons with mental illness recovery. By being able to vote, persons with serious mental illness can feel…

Mrs. Andrea Yates past life showed that she has had a history of mental illness. Mrs. Andrea Yates had been brought to the hospital many times for strings of mental cases that she had received treatment for because she had harsh depression and the depression came due to psychosis. One time when Yates was in the hospital, she was described as an intensely psychotic woman. Yates has tried many times to commit suicide; for instance one time she tried to overdose by using antidepressants and even…

According to the author of “No Child Left Undiagnosed”, in the past 20 years the rate of ADHD has tripled,” 11 percent of all kids in this country have ADHD”. The problem is there are children being overmedicated for ADHD.According to The Center for Disease Control some symptoms that the child had ADHD are: they day dream,they lose things,they squirm or fidget, talk a lot, make careless mistakes, have trouble taking turns, and have trouble getting along with others. Children are being…

The article on A Crime of Insanity (Frontline, 2002), describes the whole process of determining the causes of action for individuals who have a mental illness at the time of committing heinous crimes. This article, in particular, covers the story of Ralph Tortorici, who has a history of mental disorder from as early as his adolescent years. Moreover, Ralph suffers from regular acute paranoid delusions and psychotic behavior, which prompted him to seek help from the University health facility…