insanity
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“I have worked extensively with issues of competency, insanity and mentally disordered offenders, requiring close collaboration with medical experts and careful application of nuanced legal standards,” he said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Companies can spark temporary insanity by just saying some magic words.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
An IT specialist working for MI5 on a contract who disclosed intelligence information to a "foreign power" has been found "not guilty by reason of insanity" by an Old Bailey jury.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Others have been declared not guilt by reason of insanity, while others are in conservatorship.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Can one plead temporary insanity in a case like this?
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
Vocabulary lists containing insanity
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