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The Insanity Defense with Mackenzie Joy Brennan

You're Wrong About by Sarah Marshall

Aug 19, 202580:40Society & Culture

What do John Hinckley Jr. and a jazz age tuberculosis patient have in common? Legal correspondent ​​Mackenzie Joy Brennan takes Sarah through some of the strange cases that helped make—and break—the insanity defense in A...

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The Insanity Defense with Mackenzie Joy Brennan is an episode from You're Wrong About by Sarah Marshall. What do John Hinckley Jr. and a jazz age tuberculosis patient have in common? Legal correspondent ​​Mackenzie Joy Brennan takes Sarah t...

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