86: The Insanity Defense (is "Not Guilty" worse than being convicted?)

Podcast: Rebuttal · Rebmasel

Opublikowano: 2026-09-03

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Raymond Gregory, on the advice of his lawyer, pleaded insanity in 1971 after falling asleep drunk with a penknife in his pocket in a construction site in Washington D.C. He was locked up for over 40 years. Reb tells you what everyone should know about "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity" in America. *** OTHER RESOURCES NOT GUILTY, YET CONTINUOUSLY CONFINED—Reforming the Insanity Defense (2020): https://www.law.georgetown.edu/american-criminal-law-review/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/03/57-2-not-guilty-yet-continuously-confined-reforming-the-insanity-defense.pdf When 'Not Guilty' Is a Life Sentence: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/magazine/wh...