insanity pleas

Why Did Kansas Abolish The Insanity Defense?

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Why Did Kansas Abolish The Insanity Defense? However, in 1996, Kansas had abandoned its long-standing insanity defense, limiting defenses based on mental state to a narrow claim that “as a result of mental disease or defect, [the defendant] lacked the mental state required as an element of the offense charged” and further specifying that “mental

How Often Is The Insanity Defense Successful?

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How Often Is The Insanity Defense Successful? And how often does it succeed? Although cases invoking the insanity defense often receive much media attention, the defense is actually not raised very often. Virtually all studies conclude that the insanity defense is raised in less than 1 percent of felony cases, and is successful in only