Assertion: insanity | /r/ObjectUse | used as defence
Facets:
value: to criminal charges
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: until the late 16th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the criminal law
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the criminal law, insanity was used as a defence in a roughly identical way from this point until the late 16th century; if an insane person commits a crime, he was not punished in the same way that a sane felon who committed the same crime would be.
text: Because, when used as a defense to criminal charges, insanity is a legal term, and not a medical term, stating emphatically that the defendant was “insane” at the time of the crime is often difficult.
text: Insanity can be used for any offence, which has MR.