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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Indeed, and frequently an individual who tries to falsely claim NGRI has shown multiple examples of understanding the consequences of their actions throughout the time they were considering or planning the crime. To claim that only when they had the crime did they suffer a break from reality doesn't sell well.
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There's actually a very interesting connection between this and attempts to ascribe political "motive" (or persuasion, perhaps more specifically) to the attacker - from a jury science standpoint, one of the main difficulties of an insanity defense is overcoming the
Fundamental Attribution Error, the desire to believe actions reflect a person's character or internal characteristics by ignoring temporal or external factors.
The FAE is also used (and often abused) in the political arena as well, and we naturally rely on it in particularly difficult times or with regard to acts we really can't comprehend or understand. It's one of the easiest root causes of jumping to a conclusion (and a very natural, unavoidable one at that).
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