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