Insanity Defense Reform

Famous quotes containing the words insanity, defense and/or reform:

“During these fits of absolute unconsciousness I drank, God only knows how often or how much. As a matter of course, my enemies referred the insanity to the drink rather than the drink to the insanity. I had indeed, nearly abandoned all hope of a permanent cure when I found one in the death of my wife.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

“The aims of life are the best defense against death.”
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)

“...the way to reform has always led through prison.”
—Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928)