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The picture of the little boy

In the picture the little boy don’t seem to be scared by the guy who is asking him questions. The little girl behind him seems to be the little boys sister and the two older girls in the corner looks to be his older sister and mother. His little sister is very scared because her bother is getting asked questions about his and her family and looks to be nest in line for questioning. The guy how is asking the questions looks very annoyed because the little boy isn’t scared and not giving the answers he wants. An the guy in the top right corner seems very interested in the little boy.

Thesis statement

In spite of the fact that mental illness is a medical condition it should not be allowed as an insanity defense, because criminals exploit this loophole in order to get away with their crimes.

Bibliography

“EBSCOhost: NGRI Revisited: Venirepersons' Attitudes Toward the Insanity Defense.” 29 Oct 2009 .

“HeinOnline.” 29 Oct 2009 .

“JSTOR: Daedalus, Vol. 92, No. 3 (Summer, 1963), pp. 549-563.” 29 Oct 2009 .

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“Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” 29 Oct 2009 .

“PsycNET.” 29 Oct 2009 .

PLAGIARISM THINGY Plagiarism is when you use someone uses work and use it as your own. Example: Spency makes a great report on trees, and Tommy Boy see this great report on the web and copy and pasted it into his own report.

Its important to not plagiarism because it is not fair to the person who worked on what your plagiarizing cause they work hard on that, and you didn’t do any work. It also shows that you are lazy, or you didn’t use your time right so that you need to plagiaries.

Plagiarism is when you copy someone uses work. An copyright violation is when you don’t get the right away to copy someone uses work. Like in the case of Queen, and Vanilla ice.

Consequences of plagiarism at Dirigo High School is that you get a zero on the paper or the highest you can get is a 70. An that Mr. Rowley hates plagiarism.

Consequences of plagiarism in collage is that you can get kicked out, and not get your money back.

You can avoid plagiarism by doing the work yourself. Or make shore you quote it right. An to make shore you give the person there credit

INTRO Zack White Mr. Rowley Historical Research and Writing November 19, 2009 Medical or Defense Jeffery Duhmar was a very sick minded person. He was a American serial killer how killed between 1978-1991 and his prey was young boys and men. What he did to them you couldn’t imagine, he raped,tortured,dismembered, had sexual intercourse with corpses, and cannibalized. You wouldn’t think a person who did this could get away with what he did, but he did with the insanity defense. This is a defense that is used in many crimes in America. In spite of the fact that mental illness is a medical condition it should not be allowed as an insanity defense, because criminals exploit this loophole in order to get away with their crimes.

Bibliography

Butler, Brooke. “EBSCOhost: NGRI Revisited: Venirepersons' Attitudes Toward the Insanity Defense.” Web. 29 Oct 2009.

“Durham rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” Web. 8 Dec 2009.

“HeinOnline.” Web. 29 Oct 2009.

“Insanity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” Web. 8 Dec 2009.

“Insanity defense - Controversy over the insanity defense.” Web. 10 Nov 2009.

“Insanity defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” Web. 2 Nov 2009.

“Insanity defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” Web. 8 Dec 2009.

“JSTOR: Daedalus, Vol. 92, No. 3 (Summer, 1963), pp. 549-563.” Web. 29 Oct 2009.

“M'Naghten Rules - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” Web. 8 Dec 2009.

“Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” Web. 29 Oct 2009.

“Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document.” Web. 29 Oct 2009.

“PsycNET.” Web. 29 Oct 2009.

“The Insanity Defense- Should it be judged legally or medically?.” Web. 10 Nov 2009.

OUTLINE

Introduction: Jeffery Duhmar was a very sick minded person. He was a American serial killer how killed between 1978-1991 and his prey was young boys and men. What he did to them you couldn’t imagine, he raped,tortured,dismembered, had sexual intercourse with there corpses, and cannibalized. You wouldn’t think a person who did this could get away with what he did, but he did with the insanity defense. This is a defense that is used in many crimes in America. Thesis: n spite of the fact that mental illness is a medical condition it should not be allowed as an insanity defense, because criminals exploit this loophole in order to get away with their crimes. What exactly is the insanity defense. definition: The insanity defense is a way to say that I shouldn’t go to jail or get executed because i am insane. This defense lets excused criminals argue that there not held accountable for there crime, or crimes there did. rules: But there are rules like the M'Naghten, Durham, Brawner rules. These rules How to be decided that your insane

Mental illness diathesis-stress model biopsychosocial Temporary insanity U.S. Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York Human rights, Rule of Law, Mitigating factor

RESEARCH PAPER

Zack White Mr. Rowley Historical Research and Writing November 19, 2009

Medical or Defense Jeffery Duhmar was a very sick minded person. He was a American serial killer who killed between 1978-1991 and his prey was young boys and men. What he did to them you could not imagine, he raped,tortured,dismembered, had sexual intercourse with corpses, and cannibalized. You wouldn’t think a person who did this could get away with what he did, but he did with the insanity defense. This is a defense that is used in many crimes in America. In spite of the fact that mental illness is a medical condition, it should not be allowed as an insanity defense, it should not be allowed because criminals exploit this loophole in order to get away with their crimes.

What exactly is the insanity defense? Insanity is a term to say, mental illness. This defense lets excused criminals argue that they not held accountable for there crime, or crimes there did because they are mentally ill. But there are rules, like the M'Naghten Rule, if the defendant did not know what they were doing of the time of the crime they should not be guilty, another part is the irresistible impulse or know as the “policeman at the elbow test.” that says if the defendant know that what he was going to do is wrong but still does it and can not stop himself, therefore he is insane. Durham Rule lets the judge decide if that the defendant is insane, would a person who is not insane do the same crime. An Brawner Rule says that the jury can decide with using the insanity question if it seems to come into play.

The substantial capacity test says that insanity should be that if you do not have the mental capacity to understand, or decide what is wrong and right that your insane. This test relates to the M’Naghten, and irresistible impulse. An temporary insanity is when the defendant was once insane but now is not, and usually released with no requirements of treatment.

The insanity defense reform act of 1984 (U.S.) happened because of two things, one the MPC Standard, and two John Hinckley Jr. The MPC Standard made the insanity defense more flexible by making it so when a defendant knows the right and from wrong means your insane by law. This standard was used till 1981. The reason it was used till 1981 was that John Hinckley attemped to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, and was found not guilty cause of insanity. The public were upset because he was found not guilty of insanity using the MPC Standard. After John Hinkley Jr. case all courts went back to the M'Naghten rule.

Reasons of why the insanity defense people say that, why the court system made the insanity is bcause it lets criminals have mercy for there actions, because society will not give the criminals any mercy. The Romans thought that insane people were blessed, so they could not be arrested or brought to a judge. Used: The insanity defense is not used much, the reason why it seems that its used a lot is because cases that do use the insanity defense are the ones on the news and TV. People also say some defendants fake being insane so they do not have to go to prison, or so there punishment is not so harsh.

The media makes the insanity defense seem like it’s used more then it is. This is because its rare, unusual, and has become a big thing. But in studies the insanity defense is used only 1% of all cases, and 90% for those defendants were found not guilty of reasons of insanity.

How you withdrawal from the insanity defense is first, you are found not guilty of reasons of insanity. Then a board was to file a pro set of habeas corpus. Then the defendant has another trial. There is also a refusal of the insanity defense. If the defendant does not want to you the insanity defense the court can not make the defendant use it.

One case stands out to me that the defendant used, or should say tried to use the insanity defense. Kenneth Bianchi ( a.k.a “THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER.”) (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/other.html) and cousin Anthony Buono decided to go on a killing spree. There target was women and they raped them and then killed them and hide there bodies outside of L.A. After his killing in L.A. he moved to Bellingham, Washington and raped and killed two more women. When the cops found and arrested him he confused to the murders he did in Washington. When he was in custody Bianchi tried acting like that he had mental illness, so he can try using the insanity defense. What he said is that he “had no memory of the murders”, bcause of personality changes. The court did not believe him so they sent him to a psychiatrist Martin Orne. Orne said “Bianchi's stories of the alternate personalities were inconsistent with one another, and with other reported cases of multiple-personality disorder.” (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/other.html) Bianchi dropped the insanity defense claim and plead guilty to the Washington murders and to the L.A. murders.

This case shows that people who had done bad things turn to the insanity defense because its a usually a easy defense that allows criminals get away with their crimes. Many people have used the insanity defense. John Hinckley, shot President Ronald Reagan. John DuPont, he killed Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, Brian David Mitchell kidnapped and continuously raped Elizabeth Smart, Nidal Malik Hasan who killed 12 soldiers and one civilian. (The Insanity of the Insanity Defense) These men used the insanity defense. Its good that only one got away uses the insanity defense. But with a 90% success rate of who uses it isn’t right. Those people who got away is lucky because this defense should not be a defense because lets people use medical condition as a defense.

“I am not arguing in favor of political correctness per se; I am arguing in favor of accuracy. If we keep referring to mass murderers and rapists as mentally ill, psychotic or any proxy for those words, we are not only harming a group of people who rarely commit violent crime; we are also making an egregious error since most violent criminals are not mentally ill or psychotic at all. They are evil and should be held responsible for their actions.” (Jaffee)

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