What constitutes insanity? Currently, legal experts are pondering over this question. More specifically though, many are questioning the issue of the insanity defense, its credibility, and whether or not it should be abolished. When one speaks of the insanity defense, the M’Naughten rule comes to mind. The M’Naughten rule is a required test that a jury must find that the defendant did not know the nature of the act that he or she …showed first 75 words of 1082 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1082 total…conclusion, I have found that Rowe and Bonnie have established valid arguments, which supports each of their claims. I tend to agree more with what Rowe was saying, although Bonnie proved her point. The only problem I had with Bonnie’s arguments was that he seemed to only make a case as to how the insanity defense could be strengthened and improved. He did not address exactly why the insanity defense should not be abolished.