Analysts initially expected Mr Holmes to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Do you have some threshold constitutional right to make some kind of insanity defense?
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting a different result.
So, on a whim of insanity I tried out for the college rugby team... and made it.
Not guilty by reason of insanity is a very specific legal construct, one unique to each state.
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Even someone eventually judged not guilty by reason of insanity had previously been judged competent to stand trial.
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When one is jetlagged to within an inch of insanity, one lets it rip and damns the consequences.
People say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.
Repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the textbook definition of insanity.
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Albert Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing something repeatedly the same way and expecting a different result.
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result.
The revelations heighten expectations that Holmes would plead not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday, his next scheduled court appearance.
There is hardly a time when I ride my skittish thoroughbred that I don't wonder whether horses are a form of insanity.
The Norwegian public, politicians and experts alike are expressing surprise at the verdict of insanity delivered by the forensic psychiatrists assessing Anders Behring Breivik.
If Holmes does change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, Colorado law gives prosecutors access to some of his medical records.
If found not guilty by reason of insanity, she will be sent to a state psychiatric hospital and her case will be regularly reviewed.
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If the former student pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, it would extend the proceedings while he is evaluated by state mental health officials.
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Defence lawyers had previously raised questions about the accused's mental health, leading analysts to believe Mr Holmes would plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Viewing biotech as an economic matter is at the heart of the insanity, but it is at the heart of the insanity of our age anyway.
"The classic definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, " Mr. Hensarling, referring to recent record-breaking deficits.
The Iraq War veteran pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the charge of first-degree intentional homicide, and his trial is scheduled to start in July.
The notebook Winter reported on could play a key role in determining Holmes' fate, especially if he changes his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Yates has twice pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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After hearing the claim of insanity, Mr. Breivik smiled and shook his head, extending his clenched fist in a salute he used in the first days of his trial.
The judge entered a not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf but said the defense could ask to change that to not guilty by reason of insanity if Holmes chooses.
Prosecution experts say that even if Yates were mentally ill, she knew that killing her children was wrong, and therefore, she does not meet Texas's legal standard of insanity.
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Holmes can still change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, and he can wait to do so until after prosecutors announce whether they will seek the death penalty.
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