Word: sane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shifting demands and refusal to cooperate, to twist the case into a knot of conflicting legal rights that only a mathematician could untangle. Who should really shape the defense: lawyer or client? Can attorneys be forced to present a defense they think is virtually suicidal? If someone is sane enough to stand trial, does that mean he's sane enough to defend himself if his best defense is that he's crazy? Just what does the U.S. Constitution owe a mad genius? The confusion was so great that at one point Judge Garland Burrell Jr. said in exasperation...
...kind of Catch-22 that defense experts have already addressed: After the prosecution rejected Kaczynski's offer of a guilty plea, his only way to beat the rap is with a mental-defect defense. Who, then, but a crazy man would insist that he's sane...
...most of the country, admittedly, this isn't exactly prime time for thinking about lawn and garden care. With temperatures from Hartford, Conn., to Boise, Idaho, averaging around the freezing mark in the month of December, most sane people--carolers notwithstanding--stay indoors as much as possible. But spring springs eternal, and so do fond thoughts of cookouts, lawn mowing and garden planting...
Falzon, 36, loves listening to theories and opinions about the case, but they don't interest him nearly as much as facts do. That's how he manages to stay sane, he says. You get worked up about facts, not opinions. And every day, your job is to look for more--while taking the long view. "You know what? It's our firm belief that good things are going to happen. We know that Myles Connor sat on some paintings for 15 years, so this case is relatively young. We're only talking about seven years, and I'm working...
...asked me about my childhood," Seary said. "Eventually she concluded that I am a mentally stable, sane person...