by reason
Example Sentences
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In June 1982, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a psychiatric facility; he was fully released from federal custody in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
An IT specialist working for MI5 on a contract who disclosed intelligence information to a "foreign power" has been found "not guilty by reason of insanity" by an Old Bailey jury.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Others have been declared not guilt by reason of insanity, while others are in conservatorship.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
The stoics tell us the universe is operated by reason and logic, and it takes emotional control to understand this fact.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026
Prior to the trial, at which Andrews pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, the psychiatric staff of the Menninger Clinic conducted an exhaustive examination of the accused; this produced a diagnosis of “schizophrenia, simple type.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
