Criminally Insane Novels & Stories

In court, he produced a psychiatric evaluation declaring him mentally unfit. As he had committed the act while deemed mentally unstable, the court found him not criminally responsible. When we left the courtroom, Simon looked smug and openly provocative. “What does it matter if you’ve got special protection? What could they really do to me if I killed you?” Seeing him acting unhinged, my bodyguards quickly closed in around me. Simon kept ranting wildly from a distance. Standing side by side, Simon and I already felt like people from two different worlds. Yet, we were bound by blood. In this world, I was his only remaining family.

Caroline's Point of View The custody papers feel like ice in my hands. [Emergency Custody Hearing. Caroline Hill vs. The State of New York. Allegations of Mental Instability and Child Endangerment.] My vision blurs as I read the words that will destroy my life. Psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Reeves declaring me "emotionally unstable." Evidence of "erratic behavior including property destruction and association with known criminals." Witness testimony about my "inability to provide a safe environment for a minor child."

“ We only have a few hours to stay here! Now it's almost midnight, we have to get back before four, as the nurses will visit us at five o'clock. “ I understand… “ I said, looking into a room, but I was soon pulled away. “ Never enter that room! “ Why? “ dangerous and compulsive patients, if you enter, you run the risk of being killed or raped or other things… That's why they are trapped between them, they act without thinking… like irrational! “ The right place for these types of people is in jail! “ I said, as a police officer I could not accept that men like that were considered sick, not in my opinion. “ They have mental disorders, they act on impulse… Their desires are above their reason

*Never again. She repeated it like a mantra while showering, while dressing in a conservative cream blouse and high-waisted skirt that hid the faint fingerprints on her hips. She spent the day locked in her room, sketching furiously—dark, stormy pieces that looked suspiciously like a certain grey-eyed devil. When the staff knocked for dinner, her stomach twisted.

He is kind and humorous, and when he speaks of being president one day, I believe him. “Governor Smith, how are you?” My husband greets him with the same excitement and extends his hand. This is how this world is, crime and capital go hand in hand. There is no definitive line between those who create laws and those who break them. There is only recognition and understanding of power. I used to have power once. “And Mrs. Cattaneo, how are you?” I extend my arm like a robot, and pretend to be delighted when he kisses my hand.

How true is that statement for this damned world we live in, where nameless horrors always lurk in the dark, ready to catch us, trap us, and drag us to eternal ruin. I believe that insanity is a release from the restrictive limitations imposed on us by the expectations of our culture, our race and, above all, ourselves. The madman does not care what others think of him, because what leads a person to dementia is often the revelation that the world around him is not as safe or stable as he would like to believe, that it is a populated place by monsters that lurk just beyond the thin veil of reality, that can tear apart a man's soul as well as his body and destroy his mind.

“As you may know, when people are diagnosed with something, it is not their fault to exhibit it. It becomes a part of them.” “Your Honor, would you say a madman, who, of course, smacked a plant on a woman on the roadside and to which the woman falls down and dies immediately, was guilty of the crime—murder? Wouldn’t we say it was the dead woman’s fault? The question would be: why would you see a madman on the street, heading toward you, and wait until he smacked a heavy plant on your head?” “Your Honor, the same is for my client. He was diagnosed with sadomasochism. And we all know what this was all about. A person with this disorder was usually portrayed to behave wildly and go as far as r*

note that this is illegal. With a deep breath, Athena clicked on the files Jay had sent her, and a series of mugshots filled her screen. Five faces stared back at her, each with a haunting story to tell. The first inmate, Karam Abigal, sent a shiver down Athena's spine. The sheer brutality of his crimes, the annihilation of an entire family, shook her to her core. It was chilling to read that he suffered from depression and schizophrenia, mental illnesses that seemed to contribute to the unimaginable acts he had committed. His impending death in five months added another layer of gravity to the situation.

James replied, "Except for the one with a mental problem. The others were all criminals with murder cases. They used to do illegal work for powerful people. If something happened, someone would take responsibility for it, so after a few years, they would be safe. This time, the Public Security Bureau issued a death order and would not give them any more chances to be pardoned. Yesterday, I had Lawyer Chen transfer the person who harmed madam to the 933 prison. He will definitely not return." Alex nodded and dusted off his ashes. "The person with a mental problem. Where is he now?" "He is in the Luan Special Hospital." "James, go and take a good look at his body," Alex said. James suddenly un

Qin Lei busily said, "Your Honor, the defendant Zhuang Jia used the facts of the crime as a false story, I think her psychological condition is relevant to this case, and the psychiatrist happens to be able to prove it." The judge said, "Objection overruled." Mu Zi furrowed her brows and sat down again. Qu Mingjun couldn't help but whisper, "Is this prosecutor stupid, if he deduces that Zhuang Jia killed someone in a state of insanity, isn't that equivalent to acquittal?" Mentally ill people do not break the law by killing because they are not legally complete persons, i.e., they have lost the capacity for civil behavior. Mu Zi's face sank slightly, "If he succeeds in his deduction, Zhuang J