In criminal trials, the insanity defense is the claim that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions during a mental health episode (psychiatric illness or mental handicap). Exemption of the insane from full criminal punishment dates back to at least the Code of Hammurabi. There are different definitions of legal insanity, such as th...
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A legal concept that a person cannot be convicted of a crime if he lacked criminal responsibility by reason of insanity, which term is defined as a matter of law. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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In criminal cases the defense made during the trial that the accuse was not aware that he/she was commiting a crime as he/she was of unsound mind and because of this defect he was not able to judge that the act was illegal.The act was perfromed because of a mental defect and was not commited intentionally.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. in forensic psychiatry, the use in the courtroom of insanity as a mitigating factor in the defense of an accused on trial for a serious criminal offense. See: criminal insanity
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The claim of a defendant in a criminal prosecution that he or she was insane when the crime was committed, and therefore should not be held accountable. (See also: diminished capacity, McNaghten rule)
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