Insanity Defense Argumentative Analysis

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I had the same idea that jurors are sometimes incapable of understanding on how the insanity defense is used the court system. With the variety of tests that have been created and their impact on previous cases, like with how John Hinckley was found not guilty by the ALI system of insanity defense created controversy forever influenced peoples perspective on the defense. Then when watching Lionel's video, he stated that when juror's see the crime photo's that they cannot truly understand why the defenses were created, and try to apply it to defendants who have caused such an horrifying act. Then like you suggested that with those who would have better knowledge of the court system of being screened out before trial would also hinder jury's