The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 11: Excuse Me!
Excuse pg 17: Diminished Capacity
Average Joe explaining
AVERAGE JOE
In real life, Insanity defenses are almost never raised.
And they almost never succeed.
So keep all this in perspective.
People are more likely to try the related defense of DIMINISHED CAPACITY.
Joe talking head
AVERAGE JOE
Though it’s rarely a winner, either.
Diminished Capacity is when you didn’t have a mental problem, so you weren’t legally insane, but something else made you unable to understand what you were doing, or that it was wrong.