Category Archives: insanity defense
Study Finds that Personality Distortions May Be Significant Factor in Criminal Offenses, Not Mental Illness
When assessing the character traits of criminal defendants who have committed extremely violent acts, sometimes the conversation stops at the suggestion that the defendants were afflicted by serious mental illness and their actions were the result of this. It is easy to group all criminal defendants with violent tendencies into one category of “Serious… Read More »
The Curious Case of the “Insanity Defense”
Over the last year, the news has begun to shed light on the effect that mental illness has on criminal cases. Florida has seen a few cases in the last year where the insanity defense has been raised; the two most noted cases involved one mother who attempted to drown her children in the… Read More »