Insanity Defense

Certainly when someone hacks another person to death it is safe to say something is very wrong with them.

This article describes the difficulty of winning an insanity defense and the reasons behind this difficulty.

A successful insanity defense in a court-martial is a rarity, and the facts do not bode well for such a defense to prevail in Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan's case.

Former Astronaut US Navy Captain Lisa Nowak pleads temporary insanity - as if she had a choice