10 Controversial Criminals Who Pleaded Insanity
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Some defendants claim madness to escape justice — but how many were telling the truth? Join us as we count down the most controversial insanity pleas in courtroom history, featuring cases where psychiatrists clashed, juries deliberated, and the line between genuine illness and calculated deception became almost impossible to draw. Which plea do you think was real? Let us know in the comments!
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@AcidCasper17
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
I think Lorena Bobbitt was genuinely not in her right mind. Her husband was awful to her.
@Blaqjaqshellaq
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Ulysses feigned insanity to try to escape fighting in the Trojan War! (He pretended to think he was a deer…)
@andrewhaase1826
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
6. What's more, some people took a look at this story and thought "Ok, Johnathan is DEFINITELY responsible for this murder. But MAYBE, The Jenny Jones Show might be partially responsible, since THEY'RE the ones who ambushed him with this news that his gay friend had a crush on him."
Ok, that's not a valid excuse. Correlation is not causation.
@MaryPalmer-t5y
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
By definition insanity means that one has lost touch with reality. The legal definition of insanity is based on whether or not a person can determine what is right from what is wrong. So a person could be hearing voices telling them to kill someone but still know that these actions are wrong. One can have obsessive murderous thoughts that will not abate until he or she yields to the compulsion to follow through with the action. The individual is still guilty under the law because they know the murder is morally wrong.
@wealthprosper6251
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Lindsay Clancy: ahem, WM, aren’t you forgetting someone? *finger points to herself* 😅😅
@minoxidilbeardandhairprodu4598
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Both world war came with a price 🫡
@MohamadFirja
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
This In Criminal Of Past.😊
@Jeremiah_Rivers76
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Lorena Bobbitt was on a different level of unhinged, even though John wasn’t completely clean either.
@dust1991-w1y
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
He shot Scott to death, because Scott kept harassing him. Tell it right.
@AhmedZNemsMan
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
You should see that awful Bianchi agreeing and planning with his own cousin who is probably even worse , and possibly even enjoying this whole gruesome offences to the last step to pose the bodies of their own helpless victims ; only then you'll know how much he's full of it , in my opinion those were two of the worst human beings ever not just as criminals .
@thejoker9201
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Crazy is no excuse for murder If anything its a good argument for the death penalty What do we do to rabid dogs?? They should be put out of everyones misery
@rufusmcfloyd
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Bock Wurst
@WatchMojo
September 22, 2026 at 7:21 am
Which plea do you think was real? Let us know in the comments!
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