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“Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts? [...] Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity.”
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- Source:
- "A New Crime" (1870)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9e92cd5fdcb1de4afe414607874084e75287d021fe490d72188dbe1e618b0b87
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