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Old August 11th, 2011 #2142
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Originally Posted by Donald E. Pauly View Post
This guy pleaded guilty for reasons that are unclear. The Federal Insanity defense requires that the defendant be both crazy and unable to appreciate that the act was wrong. It is clear in Steele's case that the standard was met. I don't know all of the facts of this Mendenhall case.
Don you really need a new hobby.

Anyway, It is not a very feasible defense for a person to claim temporary insanity in a murder conspiracy. It would make sense if the attempted murder happened in the moment of a heated argument but not in convoluted murder conspiracy. I'm sure you know this.