From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxcc!djj
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: sanity, justice.
Article-I.D.: pyuxcc.283
Posted: Fri Jun 25 16:31:00 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 06:23:58 1982

I always thought the plea of insanity meant "I was not in control of
my mental functioning at the time in question and I DID NOT KNOW(!!)
whether my judgement was bad.

Many simple analyses of legal cases indicate the sanity/insanity
decision as one of differentiation of right and wrong.  In the
Hinckley case, this seems to translate into John saying "At the time
I shot Reagan, I could not decide if it was right or wrong."

Replies?????

Dave Johnson
BTL - Piscataway