CCJS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Black Letter Law, Model Penal Code

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 230
• Professor: hamill

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The defendant knows what they were doing was wrong, but under the circumstances they did not know their actions. Insanity is a legal term not a medical term. Jail is not a place where people with mental illnesses should be, instead they should go to a mental institution. Voir dire- to get the client through the questioning by the judge (knowingly, freely, willing, committing to the crime), a preliminary examination of a witness or a juror by a judge or counsel. Mental defect- mental retardation, brain damage or other biological dysfunction that is associated with distress or disability causing symptoms or impairment in at least one important area of an individual"s functioning. No- means intellectual what others are doing. Personality disorder- not mental disease or defects, not including in the options for insanity defense. Sandy hook shooting- shooter is crazy because we don"t want to think that normal human beings would be that crazy to shoot everyone.