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  "id": "82-ID",
  "type": "CRS Report",
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  "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
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      "id": "82-ID_1982Jul19",
      "date": "1982-07-19",
      "retrieved": "2006-04-19T08:32:40",
      "title": "The Insanity Defense: An Overview and Legislative Proposals",
      "summary": "This report will discuss the insanity defense as used in the federal\r\ncourts. It will briefly trace the history of the evolution of that defense\r\nfrom its earliest formulation to the version used in the John Hinckley case,\r\nand will provide, in summary form, descriptive analysis of various pieces of\r\nLegislation to change federal law with regard to the substantive definition of\r\nthe defense, the allocation of the burden of persuasion when the defense is invoked,\r\nand procedures following the successful use of the defense.",
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      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Criminal justice",
          "name": "Criminal justice"
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        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Law",
          "name": "Law"
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        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Insanity defense",
          "name": "Insanity defense"
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