The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 11: Excuse Me!
Excuse pg 13: What Insanity Means
When the law says you’re insane, then, what it means is you aren’t able to understand that what you’re doing is wrong.
Not so much this…
A crazy-looking guy in a straitjacket in a psycho background
…as this:
A brain unplugged from a wall socket labeled “REALITY”
Various states use slightly different definitions, but they all basically mean an inability to understand what you were doing, or that it was wrong, because of some mental problem.
Is the coffee mug with the unplugged brain no longer for sale? I didn’t see it on the Cafepress shop.
I’ve put it back in. I keep starting to reorganize the store, and then not having a chance to finish the job. I’ll try again this morning if I can.