Those Crazy Insanity Pleas

USA Today | September 1, 2006| | Copyright

IN AN OBITUARY OF TRIAL LAWYER Vincent J. Fuller on July 29, 2006, The Washington Post implies that the attorney executed a brilliant defense of John Hinckley, Jr., that won him a "dramatic courtroom verdict." The Post rhapsodizes that, "Within two hours of the shooting, Mr. Fuller had been asked to take the case. Over the next year, he shaped an insanity defense that has entered legal annals as one of the finest courtroom performances of modern time."

This argument overlooks a critically important facet of that case. The central reason Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for ...

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