Preserve the Insanity Defense
the late 1970s. If it were not for the nation's erratic economic performance during the 1970s, Greenstein contends, the War on Poverty might have been won.
"Empirical Research on the Insanity De- fense" Henry J. Steadman, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Jan. 1985),Sage Publica- tions, 275 South Beverly D;., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212.
In June 1984, President Reagan's would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., was found not guilty by reason of insanity....