![]() ![]() ![]() The state made it nearly impossible to invoke the not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) verdict. After John Hinckley Jr was found not guilty by reason of insanity of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, many states rushed to limit the insanity defense – but Alaska’s reforms were the most severe. Monroe’s harsh punishment is mandated by criminal justice reforms that Alaska implemented in 1982. ![]() In April 1991, the court found Monroe “guilty but mentally ill” of second-degree murder, and the judge sentenced him to 60 years’ imprisonment without the possibility of parole – a longer prison term than a sane person convicted of the same crime would have received. And yet Monroe was not acquitted on grounds of insanity. ![]()
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