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Categories: Legal ethics, Criminal defenses, Forensic psychiatry, Forensic psychology, Criminology
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insanity plea  plea of insanity  insanity defense  Mental Disorder (Insanity) Defense  Temporary insanity
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The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for their actions due to a psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act. Wikipedia
A legal defense in a criminal case Wikipedia Disambiguation
Plea to insanity of crimnal actions used in a court system Wikidata