PRECEDENT: Daniel M’Naghten
Crime Junkie
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The McNaughton Rule and the Definition of Insanity
This chapter explores the history and critique of the McNaughton rule, the dominant legal test for insanity in many U.S. states. It delves into the differences in defining insanity between the legal and medical fields, challenges in evaluating a defendant's mental state during a crime, controversies surrounding the use of insanity as a defense, and the story of Daniel McNaughton.
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