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Hitler wanted to burn Paris to the ground before the Allies retook the city, but the order was disobeyed by "Saviour of Paris" General Dietrich von Choltitz who later asserted his affection for the French Capital and his belief that Hitler had gone insane as reasons for his defiance
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Talaat Pasha, mastermind of Armenian Genocide, was assassinated by an Armenian revolutionary and genocide survivor. Despite the assassination occurring in broad daylight, and with the assassin pleading guilty, he was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity. He is a national hero in Armenia.
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James Gordon Wolcott killed his family with a .22 long-barrel in 1967. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, he was later released and is now a psychology professor and chair of the Behavioral Sciences department at Millikin University, going by the name James St. James.
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The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 was found not guilty by reason of insanity,and lives freely today at his mother's house
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James Gordon Wolcott who, at age 15, sniffed airplane glue, then shot and killed his parents and sister. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Today he is a psychology professor at Millikin University.
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About Mathew Charles Lamb, a Canadian spree killer found not guilty by reason of insanity and who, after being released from hospital, enlisted in the Rhodesian Army on the advice of his psychiatrist, before dying in war
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Approximately 2% of those who tried to immigrate to the United States through Ellis Island were refused. Reasons for refusal included disease, insanity and having a criminal background.
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James Hadfield who suffered eight sabre wounds to the head in 1794 and believed the Second Coming of Jesus would be advanced if he was killed by the British government, he attempted to assassinate King George III and was acquitted by reason of insanity.
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James Gordon Wolcott killed his family with a .22 long-barrel in 1967. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, he was later released and is now a psychology professor and chair of the Behavioral Sciences department at Millikin University, going by the name James St. James
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The rules determining whether a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity" is valid are known as the M'Naghten Rules
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The reason Brazil's currency is called the Real is because it followed a 'fake' currency that was used to save the country from insane inflation (80% a month!)
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A man in San Francisco had lost his job and killed several people on a shooting spree. He pled insanity, using the defense that sugar made him unable to reason, now called the Twinkie Defense, and his penalty was lessened.
