insanity

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In June 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a psychiatric facility; he was fully released from federal custody in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 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

Regardless of whether you grew up with the show, many episodes of “7th Heaven” have plotlines worth revisiting, if only for their insanity and cultural obsolescence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

There I stood with both feet out the door, on the brink of tears, and quickly closing in on insanity, when something played out in my mind.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers