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There is a disjuncture between psychological views of mental illness and the criminal justice system. The criminal justice syst

 Question: There is a disjuncture between psychological views of mental illness and the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system relied on the legal definition of insanity. Explain insanity and the law. Be sure to discuss the M’Naughten Rule, Guilty but Mentally Ill, and the Insanity Defense Reform Act. How did John Hinckley Jr. change the insanity defense? Do you think his punishment was just, given the severity of his crime and mental state? 

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