The Insanity Plea is a book about the Uses & Abuses of the
             Insanity Defense in various cases. The book is by William J.
             Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross. In this report, I will basically summarize
             the book and tell you different ways people have used and abused the
             Criminal Justice System using The Insanity Plea.
             I will first talk about the case of Dan White. On November
             1978, Preliminary reports began broadcasting news of the events in
             town called Jonestown, at first all that was known, was that people
             religious cult shot and may have even killed California
             Leo Ryan. Then on November 27, 9 days after the news of the
             Congressman Ryan another 2 deaths happened. George Moscone,
             mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a city supervisor and
             leader of San Francisco's politically active gay community, had
             shot and killed at death in the San Francisco City Hall. The Police
             sniffed-out and charged Dan White with the murders of the 3
             In 2 years the trial ended with the verdict of guilty on the account
             manslaughter. He was later sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in a
             Prison, with a possibility of parole after 5. After the verdict there
             Riots breaking out in the streets because of the verdict. Before
             was elected a Supervisor and resigned because he didn't like the
             that Politics worked. The point before, that I may not have
             is that the defense argued that he was insane and that "a person
             normal background who was brought up in a good home,
             obviously missing." Since he was being charged on 3 accounts of
             Murder in the 1st, they somewhat bought the insane defense so
             lowered his charges to 1 account of voluntary manslaughter, where
             received 7 years and 8 months with a possibility of parole after 5
             In the summer of 1978, Lyman Bostoc
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