Knowing Right From Wrong The Insanity Defense

From Simon & Schuster, Knowing Right From Wrong is Richard Moran's look at the insanity defense of Daniel McNaughtan.

In this examination of the precedent-setting case, Moran looks through an enlightened humanitarian lens of judgments passed on mentally ill defendants by judges and juries as a result of political climate and considerations.

Richard Moran is the author of Knowing Right From Wrong: The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan, a Free Press book.

Acknowledgments

ix

The Spelling of Daniel McNaughtan's Name

xi

Introduction

1

(6)

``I Know What I'm About''

7

(18)

``It Is Sir Robert Peel, Is It Not?''

25

(16)

``Driven to Desperation by Persecution''

41

(19)

Sir Robert Peel: ``Damn Him, Sink Him!''

60

(17)

The Queen Against Daniel McNaughtan

77

(32)

``A Ton of Drugs Will Not Cure Me''

109

(16)

``I Am Guilty of Firing''

125

(66)

Appendixes

A. House of Lords Debate

147

(21)

B. The McNaughtan Rules

168

(8)

C. The People's Charter

176

(3)

D. The Second National Petition

179

(6)

E. McNaughtan's Banking Records

185

(1)

F. Post Mortem Report of Daniel McNaughtan

186

(2)

G. McNaughtan's Poem and Notebook

188

(3)

Notes

191

(22)

Bibliography

213

(12)

Name Index

225

(6)

Subject Index

231

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Knowing Right From Wrong The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan

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