Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: Guilty but Insane

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: Guilty but Insane

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Author: Christopher Berry-Dee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The plea of insanity in criminal cases can be traced back at least to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, which dates from 1755-1759 BC. It is a complicated defence, and its origins in modern law lie with the 'M'Naghten Rules' of 1843, formulated by British judges as a jury instruction in cases where a plea of insanity had been entered. Daniel M'Naghten shot and killed one Edward Drummond, believing him to...

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