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Temporary Insanity

September 18, 2015 by: Content Team

In legal terms, insanity refers to a disorder of the mind which impairs an individual’s ability to know right from wrong, or otherwise prevents him from understanding that his actions are wrong. In the prosecution of a criminal case, a defendant who is normally free from mental disorder may assert that he was insane only briefly, at the time he […]

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