Examples Of Reverse Insanity Plea

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Teresa: Teresa: I definitely thought the same thing as Eric when I first saw this. One incident that Eric mentioned is that of pleading insanity or even temporary insanity for a crime that was committed.
Eric: Hi Teresa! Thank you for sharing some information about the insanity plea, I actually hadn’t thought of that when I wrote my post. Initially I was thinking of less dire situations than ones in which a plea of insanity would come into play. I was thinking more along the lines of something such as clinical depression or perhaps schizophrenia, and how this may influence a court or judge when handing down a sentence. For the organizational example, I was thinking of impression management and how some individuals may try to manipulate a personality

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