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Essay Galaxy - The Insanity Plea by Winslad and Ross: Summary
The Insanity Plea by Winslad and Ross: Summary
The Insanity Plea is a book about the Uses & Abuses of the Insanity Defense in
various cases. The book is by William J. Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross. In
this report, I will basically summarize the book and tell you different ways
people have used and abused the Criminal Justice System using The Insanity
Plea.
I will first talk about the case of Dan White. On November 18, 1978,
Preliminary reports began broadcasting news of the events in a town called
Jonestown, at first all that was known, was that people of a religious cult
shot and may have even killed California Congressman Leo Ryan. Then on
November 27, 9 days after the news of the death of Congressman Ryan another 2
deaths happened. George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk,
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