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68 Buff. L. Rev. 805 (2020)
"The Angels That Surrounded My Cradle": The History, Evolution, and Application of the Insanity Defense

handle is hein.journals/buflr68 and id is 830 raw text is: Buffalo Law Review VOLUME 68 MAY 2020 NUMBER 3 The Angels that Surrounded My Cradle: The History, Evolution, and Application of the Insanity Defense JUDGE EUGENE M. FAHEYt CO-AUTHORS: LAURA GROSCHADLtt & BRIANNA WEAVERttt INTRODUCTION Edvard Munch, painter of The Scream, famously said, Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle, and they have followed me throughout my life.1 Although Munch was referring to his difficult childhood and his turbulent adult life, the quote fairly depicts the experience of those with severe mental illness who find themselves enmeshed in the criminal justice t Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. This Article was derived from a presentation given at the Charles E. Steinberg Lecture in Psychiatry and the Law at the University of Rochester Medical Center in September 2018. I would like to thank Dr. Robert L. Weisman and Dr. J. Richard Ciccone from the University of Rochester for their assistance and feedback on that presentation. All views expressed herein are my own and not reflective of the positions or opinions of the Court or its members. tt Senior Principal Law Clerk to the Hon. Eugene M. Fahey. ttt J.D. Candidate 2020, Cornell Law School; B.S. 2017, St. Thomas Aquinas College. 1. Edvard Munch, NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA, http://www.newworld encyclopedia.org/entry/EdvardMunch (last visited April 15, 2020). 805

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