Insanity defense

criminals who commit murders during self-defense or during time of passion. These criminals don’t deserve the death penalty. On the other hand, there are some criminals who don’t learn from the first lesson or others who just murder for fun; clearly they deserve the death penalty. What about criminals who commit murders and plead insanity? In my opinion, the criminals who plead insanity to get away with murders must have the death penalty because insanity implies an inability to react to the…

When King Creon gives Jason the opportunity to be part of the royal family by marrying his daughter, Jason abandons his wife and children, leaving a betrayed Medea filled with rage and desire for revenge. Medea 's early feminism leads her to put the defense of her reputation ahead of her maternal obligations as she decides to accomplish her revenge at the detriment of her children 's life. While Medea battles her conscience between accomplishing her revenge and protecting her children, Jason…

the program have substance abuse issues. Some patient’s psychosis is substance abuse induced. The most severe illnesses have usually been caused by inhalant abuse. Most patients have charges pending or have been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Criminal offenses range from arson of vegitation to capital…

Chasing Gideon by Karen Houppert she explains about the fundamental flaws in the way we provide legal representation to the poor in America. Houppert goes on to clarify how people are often distorted or undersold. She brings up evidence about how defense attorneys are seriously mistreated. They are mistreated because they are underfunded and understaffed. This results in a large workload that would make the top attorneys break down under certain scenarios, which then ultimately reflects in the…

Prison Within the Mind Just within the years 2003 and 2015, the incarceration rates for the mentally ill have tremendously increased, that within a survey done on inmates it was found that “more than three times more seriously mentally ill persons in jails and prisons than in hospitals”,(Carroll). The percentage rate has enormously increased, yet the mental health treatments in prison have not changed in the last two decades, (Carroll). There is a need for change in such situations, as a result…

everything that hurt me (Mayo).” The psychiatrist thought Albert Fish was lying about inflicting himself with needles; however, an x-ray showed that he had twenty-nine needles still entered in his scrotum and anus. The psychiatrist diagnosed him with insanity and classified him as a…

and tried to kill his wife, using a machete and a shotgun to commit murder and mutilation. He was arrested for felony murder and attempted-first degree murder, a premeditated crime that would be sufficient to warrant the death penalty. Waldroup’s defense lawyers had their work cut out for them; in order to make a case, they decided to examine Waldroup’s DNA for the Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene, and found that he had the particular gene variant that correlated with violent behavior. It was…

Most people would never do such things, sure a few will commit murder and again the vast majority have the ability to commit murder, but they would only do so in an act of passion. This was actually used in a defense called the temporary insanity defense in the 1800s, at least I believe the 1800s, by the lawyer of a man who killed his wife’s lover. He only did so because he was fueled by rage to do so and not by greed or hatred, and in this case he certainly didn’t kill 80 million…

Grendel cruelly killed others without any sign of guilt or remorse; his actions and feelings when taking the lives of others were not that of someone who feels shame in what he has done. “I laughed. It was outrageous: they came, they fell, howling insanity about brothers, fathers, glorious Hrothgar, and God...I saw myself killing them, on and on and on, as if mechanically, without contest” (Gardner 81). In his description of his first raid on Hrothgar’s mead hall, Grendel described killing the…

archery , childbirth and all animals , she is the daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo. The fourth god I’ll be talking about is Athena she doesn’t have any siblings and she is not in a relationship with any god she is the goddess of wisdom , defense , and strategic warfare . The last goddess I’ll be talking about is Demeter she is the goddess of the agriculture , the seasons , fertility and nature , she is the mother in law of Hades , Sister of Zeus , Poseidon , Hades and Hera…