| 单词 | plea of insanity |
| 例句 | He got his man off with a plea of insanity and a mere 18 months confinement in a mental institution. Salman Rushdie not first novelist to suffer assassination attempt by someone who hadn’t read book 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Or, in other words, being high is no basis for a plea of insanity. Highest French Court Rules Killer of Jewish Woman Cannot Stand Trial 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Nolen was convicted in late September after the jury rejected his plea of insanity. Oklahoma jury recommends death sentence for man who beheaded co-worker 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z He was more troubled by the trial where, despite a defence plea of insanity, Dickson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to hang. Little Ross island lighthouse keeper murder recalled - BBC News 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes it’s to explain a psychiatrist’s diagnosis to help a plea of insanity, or to help prove intellectual disability. Can a brain scan uncover your morals? 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The jury of nine women and three men rejected the former neuroscience graduate student's plea of insanity. Cinema massacre gunman moved to Colorado state penitentiary 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Last month, the jury rejected his plea of insanity and convicted the 27-year-old Holmes on all counts for the July 2012 rampage. Lawyers argue for last time over life of Colorado movie gunman 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Nolen was convicted in late September after the jury rejected his plea of insanity. Oklahoma jury recommends death sentence for man who beheaded co-worker 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But I think a misreading the outside option for the rest of Europe is a major part of what went wrong - not a failed plea of insanity. Was the Greek finance minister pretending to be mad? - BBC News 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z He was found guilty and a plea of insanity was rejected. Blue plaque for each house in road 2013-06-15T04:07:21Z The plea of insanity was admitted; he expressed himself satisfied, and explained the incident to the amazed spectators. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z How hardly will Judges, for the most part, admit the plea of insanity in exculpation from a charge of murder! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z In hundreds of newspapers I was represented as confessing to a fraudulent claim or as making a plea of insanity. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z For the extravagances of his later years the plea of insanity has been put forward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z His defence, which he conducted in person with great ability, was a plea of insanity, and it was supported by considerable evidence, but he was found guilty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Circumstantial evidence is so strongly against her that we may have to resort to the plea of insanity to save her neck. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Although his law enforcement colleagues are diligently working to shore up their criminal case to counter a possible plea of insanity that could mitigate punishment, Sheriff Dupnik seems torn about Mr. Loughner’s mental state. A Jigsaw Picture of an Accused Killer 2011-01-15T18:29:27Z If he can afford counsel, and the plea of insanity is set up, medical testimony is adduced of a one-sided character, and, more likely than not, counter medical evidence is brought forward by the prosecution. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles Life-imprisonment has taken its place; without pardoning power anywhere, even when the plea of insanity has been sustained. 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century A plea of insanity was put forward on his behalf, but it did not avail. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) If we produced him in court it might be more difficult to work the plea of insanity. The Quality of Mercy On this trial neighbors urged the father to put in the plea of insanity, but he refused, as so many were resorting to that. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences Another attack on the Queen, this time a blow with a cane, was made by one Robert Pate, an ex-officer and well-connected; the plea of insanity was not established, and Pate was transported. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 I have thought since that I should have entered a plea of insanity for him. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac But the plea of insanity had been so often and so vehemently pressed in defense of prisoners who were sane that it seemed to be of no avail in defense of one who was not. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes If the defence try to put up a plea of insanity they'll find themselves in the wrong box. The Shrieking Pit I am a monkey; want to go out in the yard and sit on the benches; there was no plea of insanity; who are those boys? Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The plea of insanity is brought forward, as a rule, only in capital charges, so that the prisoner, if found guilty, will escape hanging. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology He is perfectly right; yet we must not forget that moral depravity is often screened before the courts by the plea of insanity. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence A morning journal, which has been somehow retained in the interest of wrong, of home-traitors, of misrule, has already impliedly put in the plea of insanity for the assassin. Abraham Lincoln A Memorial Discourse Mrs. Parker, however, had withdrawn her plea of insanity and determined to put in a defense, which proved in its turn to be even more extraordinary than the case against her. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office Unhappy, guilty woman," said the recorder, with the coolness of a demon, "the plea of insanity you would set up is utterly untenable. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney If you talk in that way, I shall enter a plea of insanity and get you off whether you will or not. The Mystery of Metropolisville His trial before the Supreme Court, District of Columbia, December, 1882, was one of the most interesting that have ever occurred in this country or elsewhere in connection with the plea of insanity. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence But I wish not to be a hypocrite, conscious or unconscious, to delude myself or another with this plea of insanity. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest When Mrs. Parker's case, therefore, came on for pleading, her counsel, probably because they could think of nothing else to do, entered a plea of insanity. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office I do not think any jury in England would accept the plea of insanity in such a case as this. Lady Audley's Secret If he made one, and then killed himself, it might be upset on a plea of insanity. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories He was tried, found not guilty on the plea of insanity, and sentenced to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 The chief cause of Riel's excitement seemed to be the determination of his counsel to press the plea of insanity, a plea which, throughout the trial, Riel strongly objected to be urged on his behalf. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief The plea of insanity accepted by the jury on the trial was so far set aside by the judges. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Now, the reader says, "Here comes that same old plea of insanity again." Sketches New and Old, Part 4. The overuse of the plea of insanity has become latterly a public scandal. Problems of Conduct The jury refused to accept the plea of insanity, and he was sentenced, like his predecessor, to seven years' transportation. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Jurors, if you support the plea of insanity, otherwise acquit me all the same. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief The writer seriously advances the suggestion that the more the brutality of a homicide indicates mental derangement the less chance the defendant has to secure an acquittal upon the plea of insanity. Courts and Criminals But at the moment the plea of insanity was rejected. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor |
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