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insanity

[in-san-i-tee] / ɪnˈsæn ɪ ti /


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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

Only a jury can return a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

That entire pseudo-event was one one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that get drowned out in the endless baying insanity of our collective reality.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

“I don’t get where all this insanity is coming from.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

His cousin Tibe was another kind of fish, for his insanity had logic.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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