The Creation of The Insanity Defense - January 20 2025

January 20th: Daniel M'Naghten Kills (1843) Some cases can alter the legal system. On January 20th 1843 a man pulled the trigger and, with that, embarked on a court case that completely altered the way we look at criminal insanity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_M%27Naghten, https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/daniel-m-naghten-the-man-who-changed-the-law-on-insanity, https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-kadish/exculpation/mnaghtens-case/, https://law.justia.com/cases/foreign/united-kingdom/8-eng-rep-718.html, https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mcnaughtan-daniel, https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.112.8.651?journalCode=ajp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices