insanity plea

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insanity plea - (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

plea of insanity

criminal law - the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment

plea - (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

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An Israeli man was convicted on Tuesday of murdering a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem, as a court rejected his insanity plea for a crime that helped trigger the 2014 Gaza war.