Insanity Cond. Pt1
What does the insanity defense recognize about mental illness?
It recognizes that mental illness can affect a person’s responsibility for a crime.
What usually happens to offenders found not guilty by reason of insanity?
They go to psychiatric hospitals until they are considered “cured.”
when does entrapment happen?
Entrapment happens when law ENFORCEMENT convince someone to commit a crime they normally wouldn’t
Being forced to commit a crime.
What is duress
what is police fraud?
When a police officer plants evidence to make someone look guilty.
How does the public often feel about verdicts involving the insanity defense?
The public often disagrees with these verdicts.
How long can someone be held after an insanity verdict?
They can be held until they are no longer a danger to others.
True or False: Simply GIVING someone the chance to commit a crime is ENTRAPMENT
False it is not
Too young to understand right from wrong
What Is age.
what is selective prosecution?
racism
What does the Substantial-Capacity Test focus on?
It focuses on whether a person could control their actions or understand right from wrong.
What does the diminished capacity defense argue?
That mental illness reduced a person’s ability to plan or intend a crime.
What does double Jeopardy mean?
Double Jeopardy means a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
Not knowing what you're doing
What is unconsciousness.
When a prosecutor cheats or breaks the rules to win a case such as hiding evidence or lying to the jury.
Proprietorial Misconduct
Which famous case led to public anger about the insanity defense?
The John Hinckley Jr. case (Reagan shooting).
What famous case led California to end the diminished capacity defense?
The “Twinkie defense.”
True or False: A person can face both criminal and civil trials for the same act
Not guilty due to a mental disorder
What is insanity.
If you were found guilty from evidence, that same evidence can't be used to charge you again.
Collateral Estoppel
What was one result of the public reaction to the Hinckley case?
New laws were made to limit when the insanity defense can be used.
What happens if someone is found mentally incompetent before a trial?
They must get treatment before the trial can continue.
Defendants can be retired only if the first trial had legal errors or ended in a what?
Mistrial
Breaking the law by accident
What is mistake
So people don’t sit in jail without being found guilty.
Denial of a Speedy Trial